2024 Lineup (What we actually have - no trade speculation.)

[chawson]

O'Neill now up to .333/.450/.758/1.208, with 9 homers in just 19 games. Obviously he won't keep this up but he's been amazing. I'm very curious to see whether Boston extends him or trades him at the deadline.

He’s already shown enough that a QO is a virtual lock, in my mind.

He’s a Boras client so I’m not sure what potential there is for an extension, but O’Neill is hitting like a right-handed Yordan Alvarez and there’s nothing to suggest it’s been lucky. He’s only turning 29 this summer, and the team’s been so short on right-handed power.

It’ll be an interesting, maybe agonizing decision. Even if he falls back into the 160 wRC+ range, I’d have to think he’d fetch a Top 100 prospect and another back-end one at the deadline. I really hope we’re not 2-3 games back again on July 1st.

 

[chrisfont9]

He’s already shown enough that a QO is a virtual lock, in my mind.

He’s a Boras client so I’m not sure what potential there is for an extension, but O’Neill is hitting like a right-handed Yordan Alvarez and there’s nothing to suggest it’s been lucky. He’s only turning 29 this summer, and the team’s been so short on right-handed power.

It’ll be an interesting, maybe agonizing decision.

I’ll say. He was a 6-win player in his last healthy season, and the injuries the last two years weren’t anything big. I’d bet a couple years’ salary on him at least.

 

[Otis Foster]

Weren’t there report that O’Neill was happy with his Boston experience? With Boras riding shotgun, that doesn’t mean very much, but still.

 

[simplicio]

So our IF depth charts now look something like this:

3B Devers Dalbec Reyes Romy Grissom Hamilton Valdez Wong
SS Story Rafaela Reyes Romy Hamilton Grissom
2B Grissom Valdez Reyes Rafaela Romy Hamilton Wong
1B Casas Cooper Dalbec Reyes Romy Refsnyder Valdez Wong

In the minors, we have (assuming Dalbec is optioned when Grissom returns, although Valdez and Hamilton are also candidates):

3B Dalbec Westbrook Sogard Meidroth
SS Sogard Simas Mayer
2B Sogard Simas Yorke Mayer
1B Dalbec Kavadas Hickey

Good post from nvalvo in the Cooper thread after the Reyes DFA, continuing here.

I think Valdez gets optioned when Grissom comes up, unless Masa hits the IL, as he has the least versatility (and Hamilton can PR). I also think Romy bumps someone once he gets healthy, probably Hamilton? And Bobby somehow survives.

My guess on DH without Masa is Refsnyder gets the most time there, but they maybe start rotating OF through the spot for a bit of a break.