Cardinals Trade Gold Glove Winner To Red Sox In Effort To Bolster Pitching Depth

St. Louis had the outfielder on the trade block all winter

Scott Neville | Dec 8, 2023

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St. Louis Cardinals president of baseball operations John Mozeliak has not been shy about his desire to trade from his logjam of outfielders this winter.

After mentioning one specific player by name, he has finally found a suitable trade.

The Cardinals reportedly have traded outfielder Tyler O'Neill to the Boston Red Sox for right-handed pitchers Nick Robertson and Victor Santos according to The Boston Globe's Alex Speier.

O'Neill hit .231 with 23 extra-base hits including nine home runs, 21 RBIs, and a .715 OPS in 72 games played for the Cardinals last season.

The 28-year-old was as good as gone when Mozeliak mentioned him by name as a player they are listening to offers on while speaking to MLB Network Radio at the Winter Meetings.

The longtime Cardinals slugger is a two-time Gold Glove Award winner but has largely struggled to stay healthy since his breakout 2021 season.

While the return is not of note, the biggest reason for the Cardinals moving on from O'Neill is the lack of at-bats to go around. Mozeliak stated earlier in the week that he plans on having Tommy Edman, Lars Nootbar and Jordan Walker as the starting trio with Dylan Carlson as the fourth outfielder.

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Published Dec 8, 2023

SCOTT NEVILLE

Scott Neville covers the St. Louis Cardinals for FanNation's "Inside The Cardinals" on Sports Illustrated. Before starting "Inside The Cardinals", Neville attended Merrimack College, where he earned his Bachelor’s Degree in Communication and Media with a minor in Marketing. Neville spent all four years with Merrimack's radio station WMCK, where he grew as a radio/podcast host and producer. His propensity for being in front of a microphone eventually expanded to film, where he produced multiple short films alongside his then-roommate and current co-worker Stephen Mottram. On a journey that began as a way to receive easy credits via film classes, he received a call from "It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia" star Charlie Day. Day advised him to make a feature-length film, which he completed his senior year. While writing the film, Neville completed an internship for United Way as part of their NFL Partnership Program. Neville ran the blog for a team of interns and hosted an internet show called "United Way's NFL Partnership Series" where he interviewed NFL alumni. After college Neville wrote for SB Nation's "Over The Monster," a Red Sox sister site of the flagship brand. His work would eventually lead him to a job as a content producer with NESN, where he would cover all sports. After developing as a writer with the top regional network in the world, he was given the opportunity to join FanNation and the Sports Illustrated Media Group as the publisher of "Inside The Red Sox." After a few months as the top Major League Baseball site in the program, Neville sought expansion and pitched "Inside The Cardinals," one of the newest additions to FanNation and the Sports Illustrated Media Group. The successful launch and quick rise of "Inside The Cardinals" led to Neville joining the Baseball Essential ownership group, a national baseball site under SIMG. Follow him on Twitter: @ScottNeville46 Email: nevilles@merrimack.edu