The St. Louis Cardinals’ offense has been the team’s Achilles’ heel this season, and the front office must find ways to strengthen the lineup this winter.
Re-signing five-time Silver Slugger Paul Goldschmidt will not be enough for the Cardinals to have a different outcome in 2025. Cardinals president Bill DeWitt Jr. will need to do some guts this offseason to rebuild St. Louis’ lackluster system. crime.
Sadly, the former Cardinals slugger, who could be a natural option this winter, may be ruled out as recent developments indicate the Boston Red Sox may re-sign him. .
“(Craig) Breslow (Red Sox chief baseball officer) praised Tyler O’Neal’s contributions and said of a possible return in free agency that he was “definitely interested in having those conversations.” โ was transcribed by Alex of the Boston Globe. Speyer on Wednesday.
O’Neal played in 112 games with Boston this season, hitting .240 with 49 extra-base hits, including 31 home runs, 61 RBIs and an .847 OPS.
After some rift with the Cardinals last season, O’Neal was traded to the Red Sox in exchange for right-handed pitcher Nick Robertson and below-average Victor Santos, who is currently in the Toronto Blue Jays’ farm system. with Triple-A Memphis.
Despite returning to the plate this season, O’Neal is injury-prone. It would be risky for the Cardinals to potentially spend $20 million a year on a player who will only play 3/4 of the season.
It’s great to have a player on the Cardinals’ roster capable of hitting 30 home runs a season, but O’Neal’s price is likely too high for St. Louis to be comfortable this winter.
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