5 bold Cardinals predictions that aged well in 2024, 5 that did not

Prediction that aged poorly again - Victor Scott II finishes top 3 in Rookie of the Year voting.

Ugh. If only I had went with Masyn Winn here!

Winn was a true Rookie of the Year candidate this year for the Cardinals, and while he will not beat out Paul Skenes or Jackson Merrill, he did have an incredible rookie campaign.

Victor Scott II...not so much.

I'm still a big fan of Scott and cannot wait to see the kind of player he becomes, but in 53 games and 155 plate appearances this year, Scott was worth -0.5 fWAR, slashing .179/.219/.283 with a 40 wRC+ and only stole five bases on the season. He graded out positively defensively, but he did not wow people like I thought he would either.

In all honesty, by the time Spring Training came around, I had cooled big time on the idea that Scott should even make the Major League roster out of camp, let alone be top 3 in Rookie of the Year voting. But back in January, I was all in on the hype and him jumping from Double-A to St. Louis.

Well, I was wrong, but I still think Scott has a bright future ahead of him.

Prediction that I think aged well? - Oli Marmol or Yadier Molina are gone after 2024

When Yadier Molina was brought in as a special advisor, the rumors and talk began to get loud that Oli Marmol would be on the hot seat rather quickly and that we could see Molina take over as manager.

Well, Marmol got an extension in Spring Training and has been retained as the club's manager entering this offseason, so points for me for predicting Marmol would be staying around. But when it comes to Molina...he never even showed up for his role this year, so is he even going to be around in 2025?

For now, I think it is easy to call this one a yes, but it played out in a way I did not expect. I thought Marmol would either manage in such a way that he would get an extension at the end of the year or be let go and instead, he got in before the season even started. I thought Molina would either step into that managerial role or would find one elsewhere, but again, I have no idea what Molina is even doing now.