[Jeff Jones (@jmjones) on Twitter] Boras: “Tyler O’Neill was eighth in MVP voting, two gold gloves, 30 home runs. It’s nice to know in the talent evaluation of the Cardinals they have players who can reach higher than that. I don’t know.”
December 6, 2023
[Jeff Jones (@jmjones) on Twitter] Boras: “Tyler O’Neill was eighth in MVP voting, two gold gloves, 30 home runs. It’s nice to know in the talent evaluation of the Cardinals they have players who can reach higher than that. I don’t know.”
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Fuckin Boras lmao
O’neil is so close to being the perfect baseball player. Whenever he gets something going he just runs into problems. Injuries, periods of bad contact, limited playing time due to outfield depth. I would love to see him return to that September form from a few years ago. But it just doesn’t seem like it will be with the Cardinals. One of my favorites, but at the end of the day consistency and health outweigh potential.
I mean, Walker…
But yeah, it would be great to have a healthy O’Neill for a whole year where he plays like 2021 O’Neill.
While this is obviously Boras being Boras, he does bring up a good point. With the fanbase being (justifiably) pissed at Mo for the trades he’s lost in the past half-decade, it’s surprising that so many are eager to part with a top-5 talent on the team.
Whatever you think about O’Neill, he is absolutely more capable of putting up a star-level season than any of Carlson, Donovan, Gorman, Winn, Edman, Contreras, etc. You can make a convincing argument that his ceiling is higher than Walker and Nootbaar. He isn’t some “what if”, he’s actually shown that he can play at an elite level.
Now, I get that we have 2 corner outfielders that are better bets to be good in 2024, I understand the years of control argument, and I understand the injury history. I’m not necessarily against trading him. But it’s surprising to hear fans complain about never giving playing time to players with potential, just to turn around and desperately want to move a guy who has shown that he actually can live up to that potential.
A player of that quality should bring a player of equal quality in return. Maybe a pitcher that finished eighth in the Cy Young voting?
i wonder why he didn’t bring up o’neill going onto the IL 3 times a year, hm
Yeah. And what about the last 2 years Scott? What’d he do in those years?
I don’t think anyone argues the potential is there for TON but that is also what might make him a more appealing trade chip.
It also doesn’t address the possible attitude issues they might have experienced with TON last year. He was benched at one point for that early in the year and others have speculated that Helsley’s comments on some guys having a bad attitude could be about him. If any of that is true then it may hurt the idea of holding onto him for his possible upside.
I’m not paying attention to Boras until he gets to his sailing or boating metaphors
9 comments
Fuckin Boras lmao
O’neil is so close to being the perfect baseball player. Whenever he gets something going he just runs into problems. Injuries, periods of bad contact, limited playing time due to outfield depth. I would love to see him return to that September form from a few years ago. But it just doesn’t seem like it will be with the Cardinals. One of my favorites, but at the end of the day consistency and health outweigh potential.
I mean, Walker…
But yeah, it would be great to have a healthy O’Neill for a whole year where he plays like 2021 O’Neill.
While this is obviously Boras being Boras, he does bring up a good point. With the fanbase being (justifiably) pissed at Mo for the trades he’s lost in the past half-decade, it’s surprising that so many are eager to part with a top-5 talent on the team.
Whatever you think about O’Neill, he is absolutely more capable of putting up a star-level season than any of Carlson, Donovan, Gorman, Winn, Edman, Contreras, etc. You can make a convincing argument that his ceiling is higher than Walker and Nootbaar. He isn’t some “what if”, he’s actually shown that he can play at an elite level.
Now, I get that we have 2 corner outfielders that are better bets to be good in 2024, I understand the years of control argument, and I understand the injury history. I’m not necessarily against trading him. But it’s surprising to hear fans complain about never giving playing time to players with potential, just to turn around and desperately want to move a guy who has shown that he actually can live up to that potential.
A player of that quality should bring a player of equal quality in return. Maybe a pitcher that finished eighth in the Cy Young voting?
i wonder why he didn’t bring up o’neill going onto the IL 3 times a year, hm
Yeah. And what about the last 2 years Scott? What’d he do in those years?
I don’t think anyone argues the potential is there for TON but that is also what might make him a more appealing trade chip.
It also doesn’t address the possible attitude issues they might have experienced with TON last year. He was benched at one point for that early in the year and others have speculated that Helsley’s comments on some guys having a bad attitude could be about him. If any of that is true then it may hurt the idea of holding onto him for his possible upside.
I’m not paying attention to Boras until he gets to his sailing or boating metaphors