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The 43-year-old Molina anchored World Series championship teams
in 2006 and 2011 while helping the Cardinals win the NL pennant
on two other other occasions. The 10-time All-Star is the only
player in baseball history to catch 2,000 or more games with one
club, and his nine Gold Gloves are second only to Ivan Rodriguez
and Johnny Bench for the most at his position.
Molina, a native of Baymon, Puerto Rico, retired after the 2022
season and soon got into coaching.
He managed the Criollos de Caguas to the 2023 and ‘24 Roberto
Clemente League title in Puerto Pico, and he also guided the
team to the 2024 Caribbean Series. Molina managed Navegantes del
Magallanes of the Venezuelan Professional Baseball League to the
playoffs in 2022, and he returned to the club last year and was
voted the league’s manager of the year.
“We are happy to welcome Yadi back to the Cardinals
organization,” Bloom said in a statement. “He is an elite
competitor, a consistent winner, and one of the greatest ever at
his position, and we look forward to many contributions during
his visits with us."
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