Trevor Story optimistic about playing this season for the Red Sox
Red Sox fans were hit with a gut punch when it was announced that shortstop Trevor Story would miss time this season due to having elbow surgery.
Story will not be taking the field on Opening Day when the Red Sox play the Orioles. Instead he will be watching from the sidelines as he rehabs from his internal brace surgery performed on his elbow.
Story is eager to play and is hopeful it will be this season. However, he does understand that he could miss the entire regular season.
“I think best case, I’m back at some point in the second half and, worst case, I don’t play this year,” Story said. “But I feel really good about the first one.”
Story felt pain while working on his offseason throwing program. Once he was faced with the idea that he needed to have surgery, he opted for the internal brace procedure versus Tommy John. The surgery was performed on Jan. 9, and the time frames on expected time to be missed has varied from 4-6 months to 6-9 months, as reported by The Boston Globe.
Chief baseball officer is optimistic that Story will impact the 2023 Red Sox but understands he could miss the entire campaign.
“We’re not ready to put a timetable on it yet,” Bloom said Tuesday. “I certainly would not rule out a return something during 2023 but it’s also not something, at this stage, that we want to bank on. It will take how long it takes. We want to make sure he’s 100%. Certainly, with this being an internal brace procedure and not a Tommy John, it does leave the door open for a return this season.”
Story remains hopefully that he will see time with the Sox as early as the middle of the season.
“I’ve never really been through something like this, so a lot of questions being asked,” Story said. “just rely on the people that that know more than me about this. We’ve heard anywhere from four months to 8-10 months. It just kind of depends on, each player is different, each guy responds a little differently in their body. We’re really just going to take it with how it comes. And like I said, I’m planning on coming back and that’s the goal for me and I think that’s best case scenario.”
Chris Cotillo of MassLive reported on Wednesday that Story’s “arm is out of the brace he has worn for the last month and he is now working on range-of-motion and light strengthening drills with team trainers.”
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