Tyler O’Neill Says Red Sox Showed No Real Interest In Bringing Him Back

Tyler O’Neill Says Red Sox Showed No Real Interest In Bringing Him Back

Tyler O’Neill signed a three-year contract with the Orioles this Winter. Boston had the option to use the qualifying on O’Neill and passed. Actually… it’s more than that.

O’Neill claims the Red Sox didn’t even try to bring him back.

VIA Baseball Isn’t Boring podcast:

“There just wasn’t that push from that side to get me,” O’Neill said of the Red Sox. “Obviously, Boston was caught up in the Soto Sweepstakes, and rightfully so. They should be in that market. They should be in the ballpark in spending that kind of money on those types of guys who are generational players. I think they should be in that conversation. But when I’m getting prioritized interest on the other side with a really good opportunity there’s nothing for me to wait around on.

“I was surprised in the lack of interest. There was a little bit of interest early on at the GM Meetings in November. Obviously, every organization is going to be talking to Scott with the player personnel he had coming into the market this year. And Bres and Company made it known they were interested in me, but where I fell in the pecking order I have no idea. I don’t know if I was second or fourth or fifth or whatever they looked like. So it never got to numbers. It never got to anything serious. It is what it is.”

O’Neill, 29, also gave his perspective on his move to Baltimore too.

“To be honest with you, I don’t know if I would consider signing with Baltimore with that left field how it was the last couple of years with my player profile and how I hit the ball. It would swallow me up a little bit,” O’Neill said.

“I think the Baltimore organization realized they were going to lose that side of the plate where that park was at, because guys like me wouldn’t want to sign there. Just to have it as a more reasonable length … It’s still relatively deep out there, but now you have to hit the ball 375 feet instead of 400 feet for it to be damage or a home run and that’s much more reasonable to expect. I think the new ownership that Baltimore has is going to be really good for that organization as well. Obviously, signing me is a good step in the right direction for them.”

Quick side note: It sure sounds like the Sox are more interested in bringing Teoscar Hernandez or Anthony Santander to Boston instead.

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