{"id":9214,"date":"2024-12-10T01:41:07","date_gmt":"2024-12-10T01:41:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=9214"},"modified":"2024-12-10T01:41:07","modified_gmt":"2024-12-10T01:41:07","slug":"trevor-story-will-have-final-chance-to-prove-himself-with-red-sox-in-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=9214","title":{"rendered":"Trevor Story will have final chance to prove himself with Red Sox in 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Boston Red Sox organization has mostly avoided major contracts in recent years. Besides its 10-year, $313.5 million extension of star third baseman Rafael Devers, Boston hasn’t made many major signings in free agency or otherwise in the last two seasons.<\/p>\n

The Red Sox have likely learned from history. After the team signed All-Star pitcher Chris Sale to a five-year, $145 million deal, he spent most of his time on the injured list. He pitched just 56 starts from 2019-23.\u00a0Shortstop Trevor Story has become the modern Sale<\/a>\u00a0in Boston’s clubhouse.<\/p>\n

Story signed a six-year, $140 million deal with the Red Sox days before the 2022 season began, while homegrown shortstop Xander Bogaerts was still with the team. Multiple contusions and UCL surgery kept him out of action for much of his first two seasons in a Red Sox uniform, and the organization banked on him being available for 2024.\u00a0It ended up being much of the same\u00a0after he sustained a freak shoulder injury and was limited to just 26 games.<\/p>\n

Bleacher Report<\/em>\u00a0named Story’s contract as the sixth-worst in MLB\u00a0for the upcoming season. He’s only played 163 games in his first three seasons with Boston and he’s owed $72.5 million over the remaining three years of the deal. Story could opt out after the 2025 slate, but he won’t secure a payday like his Red Sox deal anywhere else, which makes his departure exceedingly unlikely.<\/p>\n

Bleacher Report lists Trevor Story’s Red Sox contract as one of the worst of the 2025 season. This could be his chance to prove them wrong.<\/h2>\n
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