Trevor Story undergoes right elbow surgery
BOSTON — The Red Sox’s middle-infield image turned much more unclear Tuesday afternoon, because the membership introduced infielder Trevor Story underwent a profitable inner bracing process of the appropriate ulnar collateral ligament (elbow) on Monday. Dr. Keith Meister carried out the surgical procedure at Texas Metroplex Institute in Arlington, Texas.
The membership has not introduced a timetable for his return, although ESPN’s Jeff Passan famous the process — which he known as a “modified Tommy John surgery” — sometimes takes 4 to 6 months to recuperate from.
In the primary season of his six-year contract with Boston, Story was restricted to 94 video games after lacking time in July with a proper hand contusion after which in September with a left heel contusion.
Though Story’s elbow didn’t land him on the injured listing in 2022, the 30-year-old did have a stint on the IL because of proper elbow irritation whereas with the Rockies in ‘21. In addition to his injury history, a recent drop in velocity has raised flags around Story. After his move from shortstop to second base, Story’s common velocity on throws dipped from 79.1 mph in ‘21 to 76.1 mph final season.
Despite these considerations, Story was the possible candidate to take over at shortstop after Boston misplaced Xander Bogaerts to the Padres through free company this offseason. Now, the Red Sox are left with two gaping holes of their infield after a last-place end within the American League East in 2022.
Kiké Hernández and Christian Arroyo stay choices to fill in on the place, although Hernández’s absence can be felt within the outfield and Arroyo has simply 17 profession begins on the place. Should Boston go the outside-hire route, six free-agent shortstops stay available on the market, together with José Iglesias — who performed components of 4 seasons with Boston, most lately in 2021.
