The Purple Sox have been dealt a serious blow this month when it was revealed star infielder Trevor Story would require an inner brace process to restore the ulnar collateral ligament in his proper elbow.
Chief baseball officer Chaim Bloom didn’t give a timeline, and he indicated that having Story accessible in 2023 was not one thing that they “need to financial institution on.” Given the departure of Xander Bogaerts in free company and Story’s anticipated transfer over to shortstop, that appeared to be a brutal blow to Boston’s possibilities this season.
Issues have taken a barely extra optimistic flip, although, with Story telling reporters that he believes he’ll play this season, by way of Pete Abraham of the Boston Globe. To what extent Story can get himself concerned stays to be seen, and there’s nonetheless no timeline in place for his restoration, however on the very least it’s a extra upbeat outlook than Bloom’s.
Story went into it a bit extra, by way of NESN’s Greg Dudek:
“Yeah, oh yeah. In my thoughts, sure. I feel it’s too early for a timetable,” Story mentioned. “We’re 11 days out of surgical procedure. Lots of that sort of is determined by the way in which we’re progressing and this entire rehab course of. However I be ok with that. I be ok with how I’m going to assault this and the group that we have now. And all of our remedy guys, I do know we’re going to do one of the best job we will. It’s going to be one thing I’m actually trying ahead to. We’re going to do it the precise manner, although. We’re not going to chop any corners.”
Story skilled discomfort final month when he was ramping up his offseason program. That was after feeling superb for all of November and an excellent chunk of December. Abraham relays that Story was capable of keep away from Tommy John surgical procedure on the elbow, because it’s only a partial tear.
The Purple Sox will possible flip to Enrique Hernandez to deal with Story’s reps at shortstop till he can return, notably after boosting their outfield shares with the signing of Adam Duvall. Bloom indicated just lately that the group may nonetheless pursue a center infield addition, and the Sox have been loosely tied to remaining free brokers Josh Harrison and Elvis Andrus just lately, nevertheless it appears the inner possibility of Hernandez and Christian Arroyo up the center is the favourite.
