It’s really hard to overemphasize how shallow of a group this is of position players.
People get hurt and/or underperform. It’s a group that desperately needs to be added to.
O’Neil is injury prone. Duran is coming off of surgery. Abreu can’t hit lefties. Yoshida is a horrible defender.
I just can’t fathom looking at what you typed and coming to any conclusion other than “Wow, they need help.”
I'm not saying they shouldn't be added to. But the solution is not to go out and get a player on the FA market who is redundant, or who won't address actual shortcomings.
You have to look at what's
actually there, and look for the actual soft spots. (We have several threads for that.)
For example, Casas OPS'd .817 against LHP overall, and .940 against LH starters. We don't need a RHH backup 1B. But people think, "Man we lost Turner" and plug it in the "we so need it" bucket. Well, we did in 2023 (and we had one), but we don't need it in 2024.
Moreover, we're not going to sign a premium replacement bat to take up the bulk of the DH ABs *just in case* Casas busts his ankle again. Or just in case Devers starts to attend the Pablo Sandoval school of conditioning. Because while we're waiting for those disasters, it pushes Yoshida into the field for more games. So we don't need a pure DH. (Or a DH who is a drastic liability in the field.) Maybe we end up with someone like that (I don't know) as the best of not so great options. But Breslow should be looking to acquire something of a supersub, IMO.
Lastly, you have to consider that the team as is, just isn't poorly constructed. For example, Abreu platoons well with Refsnyder, and Yoshida can take some DH ABs, minimizing his defense and keeping him fresh. Poof go half your problems.
There's uncertainty due to injury/health issues, yes. So we should consider depth. For the OF, you have Rafaela (if you think he'll hit as well as defend.) So maybe you upgrade (as I mentioned) in the Abreu/Refsnyder area by acquiring one OF who can do both their roles and making other moves, like trading one or both.
There's also some question about performance - Abreu, Duran, O'Neill as you said. . .who all appear to be outfielders. Then there's Grissom and the recovering Story. . .who are middle IF. And that should tell you where you should pick up depth - anywhere But 1B and 3B.