Tyler O'Neill Has Stepped Up in a Big Way for the St. Louis Cardinals in the 2021 MLB Season

SI's Tom Verducci shares the numbers behind Tyler O'Neill and the boost he has given the Cardinals late this season.

Tyler O'Neill has hit third in the lineup in every game of the Cardinals 14-6 run in September. The numbers behind O'Neill's contribution to the Cardinals offense are staggering, and in today's SI Insider, senior writer Tom Verducci is here to share what makes O'Neill's strength at the plate so valuable for the Cardinals at this point in the season.

Published Sep 22, 2021 | Modified Sep 22, 2021

TOM VERDUCCI

Tom Verducci is a senior writer for Sports Illustrated who has covered Major League Baseball since 1981. He also serves as an analyst for FOX Sports and the MLB Network; is a New York Times best-selling author; and cohosts The Book of Joe podcast with Joe Maddon. A five-time Emmy Award winner across three categories (studio analyst, reporter, short form writing) and nominated in a fourth (game analyst), he is a three-time National Sportswriter of the Year winner, two-time National Magazine Award finalist, and a Penn State Distinguished Alumnus Award recipient. Verducci is a member of the National Sports Media Hall of Fame, Baseball Writers Association of America (including past New York chapter chairman) and a Baseball Hall of Fame voter since 1993. He also is the only writer to be a game analyst for World Series telecasts. He lives in New Jersey with his wife, with whom he has two children.

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