<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/cardinals-news-why-tyler-oneill-absent-lineup-vs-braves-per-oli-marmol');   ga('set', 'title', 'Why Tyler O’Neill is absent from Cardinals lineup vs Braves, per Oli Marmol');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/cardinals-news-why-tyler-oneill-is-absent-from-lineup-vs-braves-per-oli-marmol.jpg"></figure><h1>Why Tyler O’Neill is absent from Cardinals lineup vs Braves, per Oli Marmol</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2023-09-06T15:59:07-07:00">September 6th, 3:59pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2023-09-07T07:04:34-07:00">September 7th, 7:04am</time><address><a>Scotty White</a>Scotty is a graduate of the University of Michigan and has been in the sports journalism industry since 2020. He has covered athletics at the University of Michigan and the University of Southern California and is now serving as an Associate Editor at ClutchPoints.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">MLB</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>It’s still very early in the month, but Tyler O’Neill has been scorching hot to start September so far for the St. Louis Cardinals. He has had 12 at bats this month and currently has a .417 batting average with one double, two home runs and five RBIs <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/cardinals-news-st-louis-roster-moves-braves-series" rel="noopener">for St. Louis</a>.</p><p>The rest of the season hasn’t been as kind to O’Neill, however. This year, he’s hitting .242 for the Cardinals with nine homers and 21 RBIs.</p><p>This season hasn’t been very kind to the Cardinals in general, either. St. Louis is currently 60-78 and they are sitting in last place in the NL Central. The Cardinals had high aspirations heading into this season, but unfortunately they are not going to be met.</p><p>After the past few games from O’Neill and his high level of play, Cardinals fans were finally getting something to cheer for. Then, Cardinals manager Oli Marmol did not have O’Neill in the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/cardinals-braves-prediction-odds-pick-how-to-watch-9-6-2023" rel="noopener">lineup for the Cardinals</a>-Atlanta Braves game on Wednesday night, and fans were a little bit stumped because of his recent hot streak. However, Marmol then said that it was <a href="https://twitter.com/JohnDenton555/status/1699533236655816845" rel="noopener">a scheduled off day</a> for O’Neill, who is being kept on a strict workload schedule as of late to help him recover from some recent knee and back pain, according to a tweet from John Denton.</p><p>This seems like the right move by the Cardinals. St. Louis is out of the playoff race, and there is no point in putting O’Neill’s health at risk to play in a meaningless game at the end of the season. Plus, he’s playing very well right now, and if he can stay healthy and finish out the season strong, he’ll have some momentum going into next season. With how this season has gone for the Cardinals, finding some positives down the stretch is the biggest key for the remainder of the year.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Why Tyler O’Neill is absent from Cardinals lineup vs Braves, per Oli Marmol

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/cardinals-tyler-oneill-lineup-move-for-2nd-day');   ga('set', 'title', 'Cardinals make concerning Tyler O’Neill lineup move for 2nd day in a row');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/cardinals-news-st-louis-makes-concerning-tyler-oneill-lineup-move-for-2nd-day-in-a-row.jpg"></figure><h1>Cardinals make concerning Tyler O’Neill lineup move for 2nd day in a row</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2023-08-09T13:53:18-07:00">August 9th, 1:53pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2023-08-09T13:53:18-07:00">August 9th, 1:53pm</time><address><a>Anthony Riccobono</a>Anthony Riccobono has been a sports reporter for over a decade. He primarily covers the NFL, MLB and NBA.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">MLB</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>It’s been that kind of year for the St. Louis Cardinals and Tyler O’Neill. For the second straight night, the Cardinals’ outfielder is not in the lineup because of left knee tightness. Tyler O’Neill’s injury wasn’t initially considered to be serious, though his absence from Wednesday’s lineup is somewhat concerning.</p><p>O’Neill <a href="https://twitter.com/JohnDenton555/status/1689092387090395136">didn’t play</a> against the Tampa Bay Rays Tuesday because he said he felt his knee tighten up on him the previous day, according to MLB.com’s John Denton. O’Neill noted that he expected to be in the lineup for the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/cardinals-rays-prediction-odds-pick-how-to-watch-8-9-2023" rel="noopener">Cardinals-Rays game</a> Wednesday.</p><p><a href="https://clutchpoints.com/cardinals-news-tyler-oneill-back-injury-il-return" rel="noopener">A back injury forced O’Neill </a>to go on the IL in May. The 28-year-old has been limited to 44 games in the 2023 season. He’s hitting .248/.323.407 with five home runs and only 13 RBI.</p><p>It was only two years ago that O’Neill hit 34 home runs with a .912 OPS. Finishing eighth in the 2021 NL MVP race and winning his second straight gold glove, the Cardinals’ outfielder looked like he might be headed for stardom.</p><p>But O’Neill was limited to 96 games and his OPS plummeted to .700 in the 2022 season, He has yet to regain his old form.</p><p><a href="https://clutchpoints.com/cardinals-news-tyler-oneill-gets-brutally-honest-on-health-as-trade-rumors-swirl" rel="noopener">There were rumors</a> that O’Neill might be moved at the 2023 MLB trade deadline. Ultimately, the outfielder wasn’t part of the<a href="https://clutchpoints.com/orioles-news-baltimore-finalizing-jack-flaherty-trade-cardinals" rel="noopener"> Cardinals’ mini fire sale</a>.</p><p>St. Louis was a trade deadline seller for the first time in a long time. The team is headed for its first losing season in 16 years. The Cardinals traded players headed for free agency like Jordan Montgomery, Jack Flaherty and Jordan Hicks. St. Louis held onto Nolan Arenado and Paul Goldschmidt, hoping to compete for the NL Central title in 2024.</p><p>O’Neill is under contract for one more year with the Cardinals.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Cardinals make concerning Tyler O’Neill lineup move for 2nd day in a row

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/cardinals-news-tyler-oneill-gets-brutally-honest-on-health-as-trade-rumors-swirl');   ga('set', 'title', 'Tyler O’Neill gets brutally honest on health as Cardinals trade rumors swirl');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Cardinals-Tyler-ONeill.jpeg"></figure><h1>Tyler O’Neill gets brutally honest on health as Cardinals trade rumors swirl</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2023-07-25T09:58:06-07:00">July 25th, 9:58am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2023-07-25T09:58:06-07:00">July 25th, 9:58am</time><address><a>Sam DiGiovanni</a>Sam DiGiovanni started at ClutchPoints as an associate editor in 2021 and became the site's Philadelphia 76ers beat reporter ahead of the 2022-23 season. He graduated from Marist College in May of 2022 and has written for TheKnicksWall.com and CenterFieldMarist.com in the past.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">MLB</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Just two seasons ago, Tyler O’Neill emerged as one of the best outfielders in all of baseball. Now, the St. Louis Cardinals’ left fielder is fighting through a lower back strain and trying to contribute to a woeful Cardinals team that <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb-rumors-cardinals-2023-trade-deadline-plans-come-into-focus" rel="noopener">will be shaken up</a> ahead of the 2023 MLB trade deadline.</p><p>O’Neill’s back injury was so painful that he <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/cardinals-news-tyler-oneill-back-injury-il-return" rel="noopener">wasn’t able to hold his daughter</a> at times and he woke up with immense pain. He returned to action recently after missing two months but came through in the clutch in the top of the ninth inning. Clinging to a one-run lead with two outs, he hit a crucial double that scored three runs in a win over the Arizona Diamondbacks.</p><p>Almost a week after being activated from the 60-day IL, the 28-year-old said that he is <a href="https://www.mlb.com/cardinals/news/tyler-o-neill-plates-3-in-the-9th-as-cardinals-beat-d-backs" rel="noopener">doing well physically</a> and that playing in the minor leagues helped him bounce back, according to Jesse Borek of MLB.com.</p><p>“I feel like I’m in a really good spot physically,” O’Neill said, via MLB.com. “I formulated a really solid routine that gets me going every day…Had a handful of at-bats down at Triple-A to get me ready, whatever it took to get me to the spot where I am now. To me, it’s just getting those everyday reps and continuing to get that timing down, continuing to be in a good spot.”</p><p>O’Neill has a .657 OPS in 119 plate appearances this season, which is down from .700 last year, which is down from .912 in the prior season. His absence has been one of many sources of disappointment for the Cardinals this season, as they have a 45-56 record and will very likely be out of the playoffs for the first time in the previous five seasons.</p><p>Whether the Cardinals try to trade Tyler O’Neill at the deadline or keep him around and try to get him back to being a star, his health is paramount.</p><p>“It’s really nice to have him offensively, [a player] who, 30-plus homers and driving [in] runs and being a real threat at the plate,” Cardinals manager Oliver Marmol said, via MLB.com. “He’s confident, he’s feeling good and he’s bought into what needs to happen in order to get back to that. I think we’ll see that Tyler O’Neill again.”</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Tyler O’Neill gets brutally honest on health as Cardinals trade rumors swirl

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/cardinals-news-tyler-oneill-back-injury-il-return');   ga('set', 'title', 'Cardinals’ Tyler O’Neill drops painful truth bomb on back injury after return from 60-day IL');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Cardinals-news-Tyler-O_Neill-drops-painful-truth-bomb-on-back-injury-after-return-from-60-day-IL.jpg"></figure><h1>Cardinals’ Tyler O’Neill drops painful truth bomb on back injury after return from 60-day IL</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2023-07-22T09:48:44-07:00">July 22nd, 9:48am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2023-07-22T10:22:32-07:00">July 22nd, 10:22am</time><address><a href="https://joeymistretta.wordpress.com">Joey Mistretta</a>Joey Mistretta is a sports writer/editor who covers multiple sports. Notably, Mistretta covers baseball, basketball, and football. He is originally from a small town in Southern California. Mistretta graduated college with a degree in broadcast journalism from Biola University.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">MLB</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The St. Louis Cardinals recently activated OF Tyler O’Neill from the injured list. O’Neill, <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/cardinals-news-tyler-oneill-brutal-injury-update-trade-rumors" rel="noopener">who was previously</a> on the 60-day IL due to a back injury, <a href="https://www.mlb.com/cardinals/news/tyler-o-neill-getting-back-in-groove-as-cardinals-lose-to-cubs" rel="noopener">opened up on the ailment</a> during an interview, per MLB.com’s John Denton.</p><p>“Pretty much everyday life was tough to get through, but I’m a grinder and I wanted to push through it,” O’Neill said. “It got to the point where I couldn’t even hold my baby girl — not even 11 or 12 pounds at the time — and I’m waking up in the middle of the night with shooting pain down my leg on a consistent basis. I tried working through it in May and I got a second opinion in June, and I’m happy with how the process went and how I’m feeling now. That’s what’s most important.”</p><h2><b>O’Neill returns to Cardinals</b></h2><p>Tyler O’Neill returns to a Cardinals team that hasn’t had a good 2023 season. In fact, St. Louis is expected to sell ahead of the MLB trade deadline amid their current fourth-place standing in the NL Central. The <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/cardinals-st-louis-trades-key-pitcher-blue-jays-2023-deadline" rel="noopener">Cardinals recently made a small trade</a> with the Toronto Blue Jays, but that deal may begin a transaction-filled couple of weeks prior to August 1st.</p><p>The Cardinals will likely consider trading an outfielder or two. O’Neill may be a candidate to be dealt away. If the Cardinals opt to trade Dylan Carlson, however, then O’Neill would likely remain in St. Louis as one of their primary outfield options. Either way, it would be surprising if the Cardinals end up not moving an outfielder.</p><p>For now, all O’Neill can do is focus on playing baseball following his return from his back injury.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Cardinals’ Tyler O’Neill drops painful truth bomb on back injury after return from 60-day IL

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/cardinals-news-st-louis-tyler-oneill-injury-update-trade-deadline');   ga('set', 'title', 'Cardinals get huge Tyler O’Neill, Andrew Knizner injury updates');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/St.-Louis-gets-huge-Tyler-O_Neill-Andrew-Knizner-injury-updates.jpg"></figure><h1>Cardinals get huge Tyler O’Neill, Andrew Knizner injury updates</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2023-07-15T10:13:00-07:00">July 15th, 10:13am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2023-07-15T10:16:31-07:00">July 15th, 10:16am</time><address><a href="https://joeymistretta.wordpress.com">Joey Mistretta</a>Joey Mistretta is a sports writer/editor who covers multiple sports. Notably, Mistretta covers baseball, basketball, and football. He is originally from a small town in Southern California. Mistretta graduated college with a degree in broadcast journalism from Biola University.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">MLB</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The St. Louis Cardinals are expected to sell ahead of the MLB trade deadline. It’s unclear just how much they will lean into a rebuild, but Paul Goldschmidt and <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb-rumors-max-scherzer-nolan-arenado-juan-soto-mlb-trade-deadline-updates" rel="noopener">Nolan Arenado are being mentioned</a> in rumors. One player who will likely be traded if healthy is outfielder Tyler O’Neill. St. Louis <a href="https://twitter.com/katiejwoo/status/1680254190311067649" rel="noopener">received</a> a pair of injury updates on O’Neill and catcher Andrew Knizer on Saturday, per Katie Woo of <i>The Athletic</i>.</p><p>“Tyler O’Neill (back) went 2-for-4 with an RBI for Memphis. He’ll DH today, play the field Sunday and hope to be activated Monday. Andrew Knizner (groin) won’t be activated today but he’s clear. Cardinals are still contemplating carrying three catchers,” Woo shared on Twitter.</p><h2><b>Cardinals’ Tyler O’Neill is a trade candidate</b></h2><p>The Cardinals traded OF Harrison Bader away in the midst of a playoff race a season ago. That was a different circumstance, as St. Louis received big league talent in return, but the point stands. This Cardinals’ ball club won’t shy away from dealing from their outfield depth.</p><p>OF Dylan Carlson is another possible trade candidate. However, O’Neill, who’s 28-years old and would benefit from a fresh start following <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/cardinals-news-tyler-oneill-oliver-marmol-comments" rel="noopener">his early-season drama</a> with head coach Oliver Marmol, is a likelier trade option.</p><p>The question is how much value the Cardinals could receive in an O’Neill trade. He was fantastic back in 2021, posting a .912 OPS while hitting 34 home runs and stealing 15 bases. He also played an impressive brand of defense. O’Neill has dealt with underperformance and injury issues over the past season and a half though. In 2023, he’s appeared in just 29 total games.</p><p>If O’Neill returns on Monday like Woo reported, he will have an opportunity to build up some trade stock prior to August 1st’s deadline. If he performs well over the next two weeks then perhaps the Cardinals will receive a better return for him in a potential deal.</p><p>We will continue to monitor and provide updates on the Cardinals as they are made available.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

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