{"id":51859,"date":"2025-05-28T08:30:46","date_gmt":"2025-05-28T08:30:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=51859"},"modified":"2025-05-28T08:30:46","modified_gmt":"2025-05-28T08:30:46","slug":"red-sox-urged-to-cut-ties-with-140-million-all-star-amid-poor-play","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=51859","title":{"rendered":"Red Sox Urged to Cut Ties With $140 Million All-Star Amid Poor Play"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The\u00a0Boston Red Sox\u00a0have lost three consecutive games and are 5-5 in their last 10 games, 7.5 games behind the\u00a0New York Yankees\u00a0for first place in the American League East.<\/p>\n<p>Only a few games separate the Red Sox from one of the AL&#8217;s three Wild Card spots, but there&#8217;s been drama about which players should be helping them get there.<\/p>\n<p>Boston&#8217;s top prospect, outfielder Roman Anthony, remains in Triple-A Worcester, and shortstop Marcelo Mayer was promoted 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Many would argue, including\u00a0Section 10 Podcast host Steve Perrault, that the Red Sox should release Story and let Mayer and the younger players receive more playing time.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The time has come,&#8221; Perrault wrote on his personal X account on Monday. &#8220;DFA Trevor Story. Let the Anthony-Mayer-Campbell trio all grow up in the big leagues together.\u00a0Alex Bregman\u00a0is their hitting coach. 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The former\u00a0Colorado Rockies\u00a0slugger is batting .167 in his last 10 games, and his previous home run was hit over two weeks ago.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"m-in-content-ad-row l-inline mm-in-content-ad-row--in-content not-size-a not-size-b not-size-d\" data-ad-group=\"in_content-2\">\n<div class=\"m-in-content-ad not-size-a not-size-b not-size-d\" data-ad-group=\"in_content-2\" data-zone-count=\"3\">\n<div class=\"not-size-a not-size-b not-size-d m-in-content-ad is-loaded\">\n<div id=\"ad-in_content-b1d50ec3698c4fdc89cc45a988028fe9\" data-google-query-id=\"CI7f8djfxY0DFVpEwgUdubMqRg\" data-ad-size=\"adhesion\">\n<div id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/88059007\/athlonsports.com\/mlb\/boston-red-sox_7__container__\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/88059007\/athlonsports.com\/mlb\/boston-red-sox_7\" tabindex=\"0\" title=\"3rd party ad content\" src=\"https:\/\/acb677dd5a07ddad3a125a0f495fc2c1.safeframe.googlesyndication.com\/safeframe\/1-0-45\/html\/container.html\" name=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" sandbox=\"allow-forms allow-popups allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox allow-same-origin allow-scripts allow-top-navigation-by-user-activation\" data-is-safeframe=\"true\" aria-label=\"Advertisement\" data-google-container-id=\"8\" data-load-complete=\"true\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p>Once one of the best\u00a0shortstops\u00a0in baseball, the 32-year-old has struggled with several injuries during his first four years in Boston, leading him to play in just 215 of the club&#8217;s possible 538 games over that span.<\/p>\n<p>In 2025, Story is batting a poor .222\/.269\/.325 with a 66 OPS+ and six home runs in 52 games. 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