Few, if any, hitters in professional baseball have had a better start to the season than Tyler O'Neill. The Cardinals' No. 4 prospect homered twice to highlight an offensive outburst by several of St. Louis' top young batters at Double-A Springfield and Triple-A Memphis on Monday afternoon.
O'Neill, after going 0-for-5 in his season debut, went on a torrid seven-game stretch in which he hit four homers and drove in 14 runs to earn a spot on the season's first Pipeline Team of the Week. MLB's No. 94 prospect then began this week by blasting a pair of long balls to bring his total to six for the season -- tied with fellow Canadian Josh Naylor (Padres' No.