Tyler O’Neill has been an enigmatic case in the eyes of St. Louis Cardinals, with people drawing their conclusions relatively early in his career. But did he deserve it? Probably not.
You might as well have just given the “AAAA” nickname to O’Neill outright, because that’s all St. Louis Cardinals fans could say about him until just recently.
However, he has quickly shed that label with effective at-bats and crushing power since the All-Star Break, slashing .300/.329/.843, and being by far the team’s best hitter at the time
Before this little outburst though, fans were thinking about possibly trading O’Neill or sending him back down to AAA.