Oufielder Tyler O’Neill and the Orioles are in settlement on a three-year, $49.5 million contract, a supply instructed MLB.com’s Mark Feinsand. The workforce has not confirmed the deal, which incorporates an opt-out after 2025 and is pending a bodily.
O’Neill has had an uneven profession, coping with nagging accidents and inconsistent performances from 12 months to 12 months. The 29-year-old has by no means reached 140 video games performed in a season over seven years in MLB, topping out at 138 throughout his breakout 2021 marketing campaign, which noticed him hit .286 with 34 homers and a .912 OPS (148 OPS+).
After being traded from the Cardinals to the Pink Sox in December 2023, accidents remained a difficulty for O’Neill in ‘24. He missed time with a concussion, proper knee irritation and a left leg an infection and performed simply 113 video games.
The appropriate-handed slugger additionally registered a .693 OPS in opposition to same-sided pitching (1.179 vs. lefties) with an general 33.6% strikeout price.
However regardless of all of that, O’Neill delivered certainly one of his finest seasons, rating within the 98th percentile in barrel price (17.3%) and producing 31 homers with an .847 OPS (132 OPS+) throughout 473 plate appearances.
O’Neill’s manufacturing for Boston in 2024 was a considerable enchancment over the numbers he put up in his ultimate two years with St. Louis, throughout which he made 5 journeys to the injured checklist and hit simply .229 with 23 homers and a .707 OPS (97 OPS+) over 168 video games. He’ll enter 2025 with a profession 116 OPS+ over 590 video games within the Majors.
