ST. LOUIS — John Mozeliak stood at the podium Friday, just over five hours before the St. Louis Cardinals’ game with the Philadelphia Phillies, and admitted what became painfully obvious during an 0-7 road trip.
“I feel like standing up here and doing nothing and hoping for another outcome is not useful,” he said.
That’s why St. Louis’ general manager made a boatload of moves. The most prominent among them was designating former All-Star shortstop Jhonny Peralta for assignment after activating second baseman Kolten Wong (elbow) from the 10-day disabled list.
The Cardinals also reassigned third base coach Chris Maloney, who had caught flak recently for questionable decisions that led to critical outs on the bases, within the organization and bumped quality control coach Mike Shildt up to third base coach.