Tyler O’Neill seems to have all but secured a bench outfielder spot on the 25-man roster.
The young Canadian has put up an impressive, if peculiar, spring thus far. Through 58 PA’s, he’s been able to OPS .813 but has done so by slashing a comical .180/.293/.520 along the way. The underlying plate discipline, meanwhile, isn’t as brutal as you’d expect given O’Neill’s debut. He’s struckout 29.3% of time while running a walk rate of 13.8% - a small sample to be sure but certainly more in line with his minor league numbers since hitting AA in 2016.