Red Sox’s Trevor Story Shows Early Progress On Pressing Question

Trevor Story is a bonafide X-factor for the Boston Red Sox in 2025. If the team is going to snap a three-year postseason drought, Story has to be a big reason why.

He’s played just 161 games in his first three seasons in the Red Sox with a .693 OPS. His glove changes the complexion of the infield with his elite defense, but he hasn’t stayed on the field and the bat didn’t transition well from Coors Field to Fenway Park on a regular basis.

What Story has done in healthy is swing the bat well in spring training. The Red Sox shortstop tallied two more hits in Boston’s 8-4 win Saturday to raise his spring batting average to .333.

Now, do these numbers require a major rise in stock for Story entering the season? Obviously, no. But Story’s swing finding a rhythm in March should be encouraging as long as he stays on the field as a veteran leader and a steady producer for Boston. The focus of Boston’s potential in 2025 centers around star additions in Garrett Crochet and Alex Bregman along with the pending promotions of Roman Anthony, Kristian Campbell and Marcelo Mayer.

The underlying factor to be considered is how much of an impact a healthy Story and Triston Casas make for the roster. Boston went 81-81 without those two players for the majority last season. While the incoming stars deserve that focus, just the healthy return of Story and Casas can significant raise potential in 2025.

Story’s spring is promising, but it doesn’t mean a thing for the Red Sox if he doesn’t do it consistently starting on March 27.