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St. Louis Cardinals Announce Minor League Field Staff

January 13, 2016 - Florida State League (FSL1)
Palm Beach Cardinals News Release


JUPITER, FL - The St. Louis Cardinals have announced their minor league field staffs for the upcoming 2016 season and Oliver Marmol will return as manager of the Palm Beach Cardinals. In Marmol's first season with the Palm Beach Cardinals he posted an overall record of 75-63 and won the Second Half Florida State League South Division with a 43-25 record.

Rejoining Marmol's staff will be Pitching Coach Randy Niemann and Donnie Ecker will be promoted to the hitting coach position. The fourth coach will be the new face in the dugout, Jim Foster. The new trainer joining the Cardinals staff will be Brent Neuharth.

Marmol will be entering his fifth year as a manager in the St. Louis Cardinals player development system. He was promoted to a managerial role just his second year coaching in the organization after being a hitting coach with the Gulf Coast League Cardinals in 2011.

Marmol was once a player in the Cardinals organization after being drafted in the sixth round of the 2007 First-Year Player Draft out of the College of Charleston. He made his professional debut with the Batavia Muckdogs. His last professional game was with the Palm Beach Cardinals at the end of the 2010 season.

Niemann heads up the pitching staff after leading the Florida State League with a 2.65 ERA for the 2015 season. Niemann first joined the Cardinals organization in 2013, before that he had 24 years of coaching experience in the New York Mets and the Boston Red Sox organizations. Niemann was a former second round pick of the New York Yankees in 1975 out of College of the Redwoods and pitched 122 games in the MLB with the Chicago White Sox, Houston Astros, New York Mets, Minnesota Twins, and Pittsburgh Pirates.

Ecker is the new hitting coach after being promoted from the fourth coach on last year's team. It will be Ecker's second year in the organization after starting his professional coaching debut with the Palm Beach Cardinals last season. Ecker was drafted in the 22nd round by the Texas Rangers in the 2007 draft out of Lewis and Clark State College.

Jim Foster will be named the fourth coach for the Cardinals in the 2016 campaign. Foster was an Assistant Coach for four seasons at Washington University.

The trainer for the 2016 season will be Brent Neuharth. Neuharth will be joining the Palm Beach staff after serving as the trainer for the Peoria Chiefs during the 2015 season.

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