Tyler O’Neill is reportedly on his approach out after one season in Boston.
In keeping with Jon Heyman of the New York Publish, O’Neill has agreed to a three-year, $49.5 million cope with the Baltimore Orioles. The deal is value a median of $16.5 million yearly consists of an choose out after the primary 12 months.
Tyler O’Neill to Baltimore. 3/49.5M. choose out after 2025.
— Jon Heyman (@JonHeyman) December 7, 2024
O’Neill spent one 12 months with the Pink Sox after being acquired from the St. Louis Cardinals final winter in change for pitching prospects Nick Robertson and Victor Santos. A two-time Gold Glove winner, O’Neill had battled accidents all through his tenure with the Cardinals however had one standout season in 2021 by which he hit 34 dwelling runs, by far the best whole of his profession.
Even with a number of extra damage setbacks following his arrival, O’Neill’s time in Boston was largely successful.
Regardless of being restricted to 113 video games, O’Neill rediscovered his prodigious energy and led the Pink Sox with 31 dwelling runs. His right-handed swing performed completely with the Inexperienced Monster, and he loved seven multi-homer video games over the course of the season.
Now his bat will present a lift for certainly one of Boston’s AL East rivals, and the Pink Sox might want to work out a approach to change it.
For the reason that offseason started Pink Sox chief baseball officer Craig Breslow has known as including a right-handed energy bat one of many membership’s high priorities. The Pink Sox technically don’t want to fret about filling O’Neill’s nook outfield spot with Jarren Duran, Ceddanne Rafaela and Wilyer Abreu all on the roster, however the expectation has lengthy been Breslow will make some type of transfer to shake issues up and steadiness the closely left-handed lineup, probably together with a deal involving one of many incumbent outfielders.
However no matter how issues play out, a reunion with O’Neill is now not an possibility.
O’Neill is now the second of Boston’s eight free brokers to signal with a brand new workforce, with catcher Danny Jansen reportedly agreeing to a cope with the Tampa Bay Rays on Friday. Proper-handers Nick Pivetta, Kenley Jansen, Chris Martin, Lucas Sims and Luis Garcia all stay unsigned, and left-hander James Paxton introduced he plans to retire.
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