\u201cIt started as a groin, and bounced to the hammy and the abdomen,\u201d Story said. \u201cYou feel it in all kind of different places. And that\u2019s the frustrating part, too. So, I think right off the bat, I didn\u2019t take my mind to sports hernia, it\u2019s more about just an isolated thing, and you try to try to treat it, but the more it kind of went on and stayed around, and from the (players) I talked to, they were they were telling me that what it was, without me really accepting it.\u201d<\/p>\n
Story said it didn\u2019t occur on one specific play, but after a few hard days in spring training, he started to feel it.<\/p>\n
\u201cI just couldn\u2019t kick it after that,\u201d he said. \u201cIt\u2019s been a battle, for the first month, month and a half.<\/p>\n
\u201cTried to grind through it and just got to the point where I might need to take a timeout and evaluate some things a little further,\u201d Story added. \u201cObviously, I haven\u2019t been able to really move like myself out there; it kind of built up on me.\u201d<\/p>\n
In 41 games, Story has struggled mightily at the plate, hitting .206 with a .547 OPS, three homers, seven doubles and a 32.4 percent strikeout rate, his highest mark since 2017.<\/p>\n
In the field, Story has struggled as well with six errors, minus-1 Defensive Runs Saved and minus-3 Outs Above Average.<\/p>\n
Marcelo Mayer to shortstop?<\/p>\n
To replace Story on the roster, the Red Sox recalled infielder Nick Sogard from Triple-A Worcester. Sogard, who\u2019s played 61 games for the Red Sox over the past two seasons, was hitting .269 with an .871 OPS at Worcester.<\/p>\n
On Saturday, Andruw Monasterio started at shortstop for the Red Sox and will likely get a majority of playing time at the position alongside Nick Sogard. Monasterio is 5-for-11 with four doubles in his past three games.<\/p>\n
Marcelo Mayer has been playing well at second base, but was drafted and developed as a shortstop. Interim manager Chad Tracy said that depending on how long Story is out, they may consider moving Mayer to short.<\/p>\n
\u201cI know the big question is Marcelo, everybody\u2019s gonna want to know that,\u201d Tracy said. \u201cI do think part of that depends on knowing what\u2019s happening with Trevor. Is this a three-week thing, and he\u2019s going to be back quick? Or is this a longer thing? We have definitely kicked (that) around. We know Marcelo has played short. He\u2019s done it his whole life.<\/p>\n
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\n Marcelo Mayer came up as a shortstop, but has only started two games there in the majors. He\u2019s made 46 starts at second base and 39 at third over the past two seasons. (Gregory Fisher \/ Imagn Images)<\/p>\n
\u201cBut definitely number one, it\u2019s not something we\u2019re gonna do right now,\u201d Tracy added. \u201cAnd two, we can\u2019t just fire him over there. If we are gonna do that, we need to get him some more (work). He\u2019s taken no ground balls anywhere but second. So, again, let\u2019s see what\u2019s going on with Trevor, and then we\u2019ll dive deeper into that.\u201d<\/p>\n
Tracy said he was made aware when he took over the team on April 26 that Story was dealing with groin tightness at the time and would have to manage the symptoms.<\/p>\n
\u201cThen there\u2019s a slowly hit ground ball, hard run down the line, it (nags) at him for a couple days,\u201d Tracy said. \u201cSo I\u2019ve been aware of that. There\u2019s been off days popped in there to make sure we get him back to neutral. So I don\u2019t think anything got way worse or something happened worse. It\u2019s just, he\u2019s been dealing with it.\u201d<\/p>\n
Story missed much of his first three seasons with the Red Sox with injuries, including shoulder surgery in 2024. Last season, he was able to play his first full season with the Red Sox, hitting .263 with a .741 OPS in 157 games.<\/p>\n
Story is in the fourth year of a six-year, $140 million deal that runs through 2027 with a team option for 2028.<\/p>\n
\u201cI pride myself on playing every day and posting, and I was able to do that last year and felt great about that, so it\u2019s frustrating, for sure,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
In a clubhouse with few veteran voices, Story has taken on the main leadership role.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou guys know what he means to our team, his leadership in the locker room,\u201d Tracy said. \u201cHe\u2019s a big piece of the puzzle, so that part of it stinks. He\u2019s meant a lot to me in my transition here, the way he\u2019s accepted me and pushed other guys to do so. He\u2019s a big piece of it. So we\u2019ll gather more info and see what ultimately happens with it.\u201d<\/p>\n
Roman Anthony, Garrett Crochet updates<\/p>\n
The Red Sox did receive some good news on Friday, as outfielder Roman Anthony began throwing for the first time since spraining his wrist\/hand during a swing on May 3.<\/p>\n
Anthony threw again on Saturday at a longer distance with harder intensity. Tracy said the hope is that he can pick up a bat on Monday and start swinging. Swinging a bat will mark progress, but Tracy warned there are still steps toward returning.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou can\u2019t just hit flips and go into a game,\u201d he said. \u201cThere\u2019s going to have to be some level of machine velocity work to test it out as well. So the important thing is we\u2019re getting closer.\u201d<\/p>\n
Starter Garrett Crochet (shoulder inflammation) threw a 35-pitch bullpen on Saturday and is scheduled for an up\/down session, where he will mimic throwing two innings, but not against batters, on Wednesday in Kansas City.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"ATLANTA \u2014 Shortstop Trevor Story, in the midst of a brutal start to the season at the plate…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":675652,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[558],"tags":[64,63,5156,11250,591,85],"class_list":["post-675651","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mlb","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-boston-red-sox","tag-fantasy-baseball","tag-mlb","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/675651","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=675651"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/675651\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/675652"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=675651"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=675651"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=675651"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}