Shortstop Trevor Story can opt out of his deal with the Red Sox after this season. For much of his Boston tenure, that opt-out has been an afterthought. Lately, he has been on fire and made it seem like a legitimate possibility once again.
Rob Bradford of the Baseball Isn't Boring podcast asked Story about his upcoming decision. Story spoke of his love of playing in Boston, which sort of points against him opting out, but he also acknowledged that there's a "business side of it" as well.
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No.
Absolutely not. Stay with Boston forever. Nothing better then hitting at Fenway.
I really cannot imagine any team coming close to $55mil, even on a longer deal, for Trevor Story, even if he keeps his production up.
Not for a 33 y.o. (in 11/’25) outputting -4 OAA/-2 DRS with a 98 OPS+/95 wRC+ with an injury-history.
Is this a serious question?
If he does, Sox would be wise to say “thanks for your services and a great 2025, good luck.” Too much risk based on last couple years.
Exactly
Forget the risk of injury. You don’t bring him back so Marcelo can play his natural position.
appreciate the helpful insights here! well written article as always
The Red Sox couldn’t get that lucky. We have to hope Story’s agent talks him into it. Mayer steps in at SS. Of course you have to hope that with the savings there and from Devers the Red Sox reinvest the big chunk of change.
We could trade for Joe Ryan and extend him with the savings
We could do that anyway.
Sign Pete Alonzo like they should have last offseason.
That would be like an early Christmas gift for the red sox
The media always promotes greed and selfishness. This guy hasn’t even earned his last lavish contract(current one)and they’re already proposing him getting another lavish one. I wish they cared about the plight of regular people in this way.
No lol
It’s a blip, like when people thought Javier Baez returned to form and now he’s as bad as he was last year
If fairness to Baez it’s not definitive either way. He may have very well just hit a bad stretch (wouldn’t be the first time by a long shot). Even this month he has good numbers granted most of it’s from a couple of games. I don’t doubt Story really it’s just a matter of staying healthy largely (which I don’t trust).
He’s already making more money than he’s worth on the open market and he’s getting to play for the best team in baseball. Why would he even given a moment’s thought?
He plays for the Brewers?
If he hits like 2018-2019 Colorado Trevor story then he should opt out, but that’s still good money left on his current contract
Nowadays short elite stints can get big paydays just look at Matthew Boyd
He’d be leaving money on the table as well as leaving an organization that has been very patient with him. I think he stays
Man you put a lot of work into this for still such an easy answer. He very likely won’t make $55 million in the rest of his career if he opts out.
I hope he does, but the chance of a meteor striking my house is higher.
Absolutely he should opt-out and almost certainly he will. He is going to be coming off a 3 WAR season and is a positive value defensive contributor at 2B, where there are few options more valuable than him (maybe Gleyber Torres, but it’s thin after him). He also has a great track record which illustrates he was simply not healthy for the past two seasons in Boston, and he’s only going to be into his age 33 season and probably has 2-3 more solid years of production in him. It’s a pretty low bar to reach in free agency, so even if things don’t turn out as lucrative as expected, it’s not like he’s going to lose tens of millions on the gamble.
He plays shortstop…exclusively.
If he opts out he’s a moran, no one is going to give him a better contract.
I don’t see anyone who would pay him $55 mill+ to play SS or 2b the next 2 years. UCL, labrum and hand injuries make him too much of a risk. He’s not a great pivot from Bichette at SS or Torres at 2b.
I think it’s ridiculous how many people want to bash Story here. Anyone who straight bashes via the one liner is ignorant of the facts. And they’re not watching. This is the first healthy season he’s had and it’s showing. His injuries were result of playing hard. They weren’t freak accidents or batting practice tweaks. He landed on his shoulder, diving after a ball in the gap. No kidding right now he is probably a top 10 shortstop. Yes, I said that. Check the numbers— the offensive numbers that is. The defensive numbers don’t do him justice. If you’re watching, you’ve seen that he makes all the easy plays in several very difficult ones. Let’s look at the list of short stops with 20 bombs and 20 bags then have another discussion. It’s not a matter of the fact that he’s hot lately. He’s finally healthy.
As a Red Sox fan, I do hope he stays for the next two years, and the young guns are worked around him.
This team is not where it is without him. You can’t just plug in. Mayer expect everything to be the same. It would be a huge loss.
I’d like to hear a player in this situation just once say no, what I’d like to do instead is sign a new contract with ( Boston in this case) for less money, because I have not lived up to my end of the deal. That would be honorable.
With his durability, or lack thereof? No way. I do not foresee anyone topping what he stands to make if he finishes out his deal with Boston.
Is this supposed to be a poll? I missed the part where we vote. So, I’ll an ounce it here. No, he should not opt out.
Ok so announce autocorrects to ounce 🤷🏻♂️