Red Sox second baseman Trevor Story has been diagnosed with a hairline fracture in his right wrist, manager Alex Cora announced to reporters Saturday (Twitter link via Chris Cotillo of MassLive.com). He’ll be shut down from swinging a bat for the next 10 to 14 days.
Story has been out since being plunked by a Corey Kluber sinker back on July 12. Initial x-rays of his hand and wrist came back negative, but the 29-year-old was recently sent for a second opinion with a hand specialist after his recovery failed to progress. That visit revealed the fracture and prompted the forthcoming shutdown. The Sox have not yet provided a timetable for when he might return, but by the time that shutdown period is up, he’ll have already been out nearly a month. He’ll surely require a minor league rehab assignment of some length, putting his earliest plausible return at some point in mid-August.
Signed to a six-year, $140MM contract over the winter, Story got out to a brutal start in his first season with Boston and looked to have turned things around with a torrid showing in May. He’s again fallen into a slump at the plate, however, and while he’s hit for solid power thus far, his overall .221/.289/.423 slash is well shy of what the Sox had envisioned when signing him.
The Red Sox have, perhaps not coincidentally, picked up some depth at second base in recent days, bringing old friends Danny Santana and Jose Peraza back to the organization on minor league contracts. Between Story’s newly found fracture and Enrique Hernandez’s status on the 60-day injured list, it’s not a surprise to see some veteran depth added to the minor league fold. It’s also plausible that the Sox will need to tap into some of their depth following Tuesday’s trade deadline. Boston has made clear that Xander Bogaerts and Rafael Devers aren’t going anywhere, but the Sox could still move some veteran rentals (e.g. Christian Vazquez, J.D. Martinez) as they come to grips with a disappointing first four months of the season.
Telegraphed by the Santana/Peraza signings the past couple days
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Injuries alone are reason for Red Sox to sell right now.
The injuries and being in last place are the reasons to sell. Bloom should be fired also.
Story was overpay from beginning
gcg – You are 100% correct, he had steadily declining numbers BEFORE this season and of course the Coors Factor.
If Bloom makes one final offer to Xander, it damn well better be for more than what he gave Story.
And can Cora. Let him run off with his buddies, Hansel Robles and Enrique Hernandez.
Then tampa should be selling more since they have way more injuries right.
Tampa has depth and pitching. The Sox don’t
Shield – Exactly!!! This is the 3rd year Bloom has been in control of the team, where is the depth? That’s 100% on Bloom. He should have gone all-out on Carpenter at the very least.
Wow, now there’s some serious Monday Morning QBing!
Drag – It’s been confirmed Bloom had interest in Carpenter, and he was the exact type of player the Sox needed.
But of course, Bloom likes his bargain basement players dirt cheap and when the Yankees began pursuing Carpenter, Bloom did what he usually does when there’s competition for a player …. he backs down.
Dang!
Another blow to the RSox.
This is just adding insult, on top of insult, on top of injury.
Get well soon, T. Story, the game needs players, like you.
That was well, said
And the hits just keep on coming in Boston.
Sell, Red Sox, sell…
Initial x-rays were probably done by a bargain basement radiologist selected by Bloom.
If you can find anything at a bargain basement price in Boston, please let me know.
suit – I think he went to one of those “versatile” guys who does radiology, makes keys, and details your car.
It’s kind of crazy that they told Xander he wasn’t being moved. I feel like they’re gonna just let him opt out then slap him with the QO. I have to think that interested teams won’t flinch signing Bogey though. Maybe they feel like they’ll get enough prospects moving JD and Nate or maybe I have zero clue what they’re thinking. Do they know what they’re thinking is the question?
Xander has a no-trade clause or 10/5 rights, can’t remember which. Either way, it makes sense to clear the air with him since he holds the advantage anyway. I think it’s a near certainty he gets hit with a QO.
He had a full no trade clause vest after seven years of service time. Fangraphs tells me that he was at 8 years and change of service time at the start of this season.
I feel like Bloom is waiting til the absolute last second to decide what to do, when I think it’s pretty obvious to everyone else that they have no choice but to sell.
He’s decided to sell, he’s just waiting on a desperate team to over pay for JD or Nate. Cleveland has the pitching we need and they have no offense for example and could really use JD. Has Cleveland committed to winning this year though? Is Seattle done with Castillo or they getting a bat too? Is Baltimore willing to give up prospects for Nate? I think other teams are still figuring out if they are in or out and we won’t see a trade until Monday or Tuesday.
@kingbum
Baltimore is not trading prospects for anything. Just not happening this year
Mystery – It was purely a PR move, but management often lies so I’ll believe it when I see Xander in a Sox uniform next Wednesday.
Ouch
Snake bitten year for the bsox. Looked like there was enough there but injuries have exacted a toll
No quality depth, which I thought was the reasoning for hiring Bloom. He’d make sure there was depth, so where is it?
Lol
Oh dear, he should have signed with the Orioles and maybe we all would not be here. Although, the Orioles would have had to make him an offer he could not refuse and they did not
At least he has his other hand while watching
RedSox fans who were trolling everyone saying they had the best middle infield in baseball.. show yourselves. Don’t hide.
If you had access to a computer, you could call up the thread where they said that, and then simply post the names.
That said, pre-season, That would be a reasonable assumption. TX and LAD figured to be the only ones on our level. SD too had Tatis not been injured.
But here is the important question, even with Story’s injury, where does the RS middle infield rank?
Joe – “Our level”?
1) You aren’t employed by the Boston Red Sox
2) Story is an elite defender, but not hitter
3) You finally admitted (which I appreciated) that you aren’t really a Sox fan, you are more of a baseball fan – your words. So does that mean you think you work for all 30 ML teams?
Are you high?
1-What makes you think I work for the RS?
2-When did I say Story is an elite bat.
Joe – Believe it or not, I’ve never touched the wacky weed in my life.
The level is not yours Joe, sorry to disrupt the fantasy.
Best middle infield strongly implies all-around which means it includes hitting, not just fielding.
Did you watch the game today? Announcers were bashing the crap out of Bloom.
Do you know not one single Red Sox starting pitcher has a win in July. That’s quite the reflection of how bad the team has been. According to the announcers since June 28th the Red Sox rank 30th in offense, starting pitching, defense, and bullpen. A clean sweep!
Aren’t you glad I didn’t accept that bet you proposed.
The best MI is the MI with the highest WAR. I know not everyone agrees with WARm which is fine, but an objective criteria is needed. I looked quickly and I think the RS MI is second if fWAR, mostlu due to Lux finally fulfilling his potential. For all the concern about Story, he has a 1.9 fWAR in roughly a half-season of PAs.
It makes no difference to me if the announcers bash Bloom. Given the injuries, a .500 record is about right.
The offense is disappointment. But I am not surprised by the pitching. In the past 28 days, we’ve given 15 of our 25 starts to non-regular SPs. 2 were given to Eovaldi coming off an injury with reduced velocity
Past that, I’m more concerned about direction than current results. The 2022 results are disappointing, but this is like 2011. You can only cover so many pitching injuries. We went about 5 weeks with Pivetta as our only regular SP.
While we couldn’t win under those circumstances, it has given an opportunity to some of our pitching prospects. Crawford has pitched well, Winc has been acceptable, and Bello looked a little better. IMHO, this should serve us well next year,
IRT the wager, I never sweat those things. I like playing poker. If I move all-in late in a tournament with 77 against A2, I’m a happy camper even if the ace falls. If Sale, Wacha, Hill, Devers, Kiki & Story managed to make it back tomorrow, I’d make the same offer.
I’m a Yankee fan and I honestly don’t remember that happening.
Kluber should be immediately be suspended from play for the exact length of time that Story is unable to compete at the MLB level. Additionally, Kluber should be suspended for an additional 17 days for the period of 7/12/22 to 7/29/22. It is long past the time when both pitcher and his team are penalized for an injury to a player on an opposing team that is the result of being struck by a pitched ball. Those who argue that one-sided lost time is “just part of the game”, well that’s just antiquated BS.
Oh shut up
If Kluber were headhunting, then, sure, a penalty is appropriate. But just hitting someone is not enough without intent. It stinks for Story, but….
You are really stupid, stick to video games as you most likely have never played a real sport
@Jackson13 Did you even see that play? Hitting Story was far from intentional you have to pitch dude inside to get him out. It’s unfortunate he got hit, it’s unfortunate Sale busted his hand on a line drive, you want to suspend the batter? That’s how dumb you sound. Injuries happen in Sports. Last season it was the Yankees who got hurt, this year it’s Boston, next year who knows and that’s why minor league, especially AAA depth is important. Look at Tampa, they are a walking MASH unit full of injuries yet they keep winning they have AAA and AA depth.
So Jacksson repeats word-for-word what he wrote weeks ago even though I corrected him then, and nobody else calls him out on the fact that Story was SWINGING AT THE PITCH when he got hit.
Maybe I need to write it in all caps so it will sink in.
THE ONLY REASON STORY GOT HIT WAS BECAUSE HE SWUNG AT A PITCH THAT WAS WAY OUT OF THE STRIKE ZONE.
HERE I WILL EVEN PROVIDE VIDEO OF IT.
youtube.com/watch?v=MM1yWcLGvaE
Time to sell
Sorry to hear this.
Go get Drury now
Love that the BoSox have $120 mil tied up in him for the next 6 years.
I’ve never noticed his hairline before.
Time to sell…and your hearing it from a Red Sox fan.
It is funny to see all of the experts on here giving advice. I’ll join them. You don’t make moves out of panic mode. If you ever listen to Bloom, the guy is quite intelligent and knows his stuff. We do not know what his instructions are from Henry. This is a quality roster with some injury issues and pen problems. This isn’t a scrap it roster type of franchise.
Xander back next year gives you 3/4 of an epic infield. The farm is brewing some major talent. We’ll be fine.
Bloom intelligent LOL! He passed on Schwarber. He passed on Carpenter. He passed on Rodon. He passed on Kluber. He signed Story to a massive contract. He signed Paxton to not pitch this year. He signed a guy well into his 40’s to pitch half a season. He signed Diekman and Robles to big overpays. Yup, really intelligent.
Xander back next year. LOL
Epic infield with Story. LOL
Thanks for the laughs, I needed them.
Well, Bloom graduated from Yale University, so it stands to reason that he is highly intelligent.
Does this mean he makes a high-performing GM? Not necessarily. But I’d hire him over some schlep on MLBTR.
I’d hire him over the collective schleps here (myself included) to run any organization. Brodie Van Wagen is also pretty smart but was dreadful as Mets’ GM during his short tenure.
YBC – It’s all about on-the-job experience. A lot of these GM’s got started in baseball doing trivial jobs, such as Theo Epstein who was an intern for the Orioles. He was fortunate enough to have Lucky take him under his wing and mentor him, that’s what helped Theo’s career more than his education.
BTW – Bloom also began as an intern.
Xanders not back and story is not part of any “epic infield”
Fire sale in Boston.
I don’t know if you can fire a pitcher in the middle of his contract. It’s a good idea though.
So what is the deal with Cora? Fans seem to dislike the guy vehemently, but the press and fellow managers/front office staff think he’s the cream of the crop. Viewing from afar, West Coast Seattle fan, he seems likeable enough and smart. But I’m confused about the huge discrepancy in viewpoints overall.
I’ve been saying this for a long time. Some RS fans are sharp as tacks, but some are as dumb as rocks. It’s amazing how many fans say Bloom is cheap, even though he doesn’t set the budget. Or they say that Henry refuses to spend money, even though we are over the cap.
And there are a stunning amount of fans that hated Theo and Tito as well.
A lot of sox fans don’t like anybody if they are not winning and its been a rough year. It could change, but i don’t see it happening this year. I was optimistic during the winning streak but lets face it the pitching staff was not built for a full season. Way to many question marks and flyers on guys that where able to perform for a while but not the long haul.