{"id":57836,"date":"2025-05-27T06:27:41","date_gmt":"2025-05-27T06:27:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=57836"},"modified":"2025-05-27T06:27:41","modified_gmt":"2025-05-27T06:27:41","slug":"boston-red-sox-manager-tells-two-time-all-star-to-disconnect-after-brutal-start","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=57836","title":{"rendered":"Boston Red Sox manager tells two-time All-Star to \u2018disconnect\u2019 after brutal start"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Boston Red Sox thought they had their franchise second baseman when they signed Trevor Story to a six-year, $140 million contract ahead of the 2022 season. However, Story\u2019s time in Boston has been plagued by injuries:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p class=\"\">missed 68 games in 2022 due to a right wrist hairline fracture and bruised left heel<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"\">missed 119 games in 2023 after undergoing Tommy John surgery<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"\">missed 136 games in 2024 due to a fractured left shoulder.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Finally healthy in 2025, Story has appeared in 51 of 56 Red Sox games, but he\u2019s been struggling at the plate, posting a .589 OPS, 65 OPS+, six home runs, and a -0.1 bWAR. In 26 games since April 22, he\u2019s hitting .133 (15-for-105) with only two extra-base hits \u2014 one double and one home run.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>His hitting metrics reflect those struggles. According to Baseball Savant, his bat speed ranks in the 30th percentile at 70.7, average exit velocity in the 44th percentile at 89.6, expected batting average in the 20th percentile at .234, and expected slugging in the 31st percentile at .388.<\/p>\n<p>Manager Alex Cora told reporters Sunday, including MassLive.com\u2019s Christopher Smith, that Story needs to \u201cdisconnect\u201d in an effort to get back on track.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDisconnect him today. Maybe tomorrow. And keep working,\u201d Cora said, via MassLive.com. \u201cIt\u2019s not a lack of working. It\u2019s been a lot. And maybe just kind like back up and just watch the game from a different perspective.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>According to Smith, Story has been particularly ineffective against fastballs this season, hitting just .182 (18-for-99) with a .192 slugging percentage and one extra-base hit \u2014 a double.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe know what\u2019s going on,\u201d Cora said. \u201cJust a matter of hopefully it happens in the game. So we\u2019re working hard.\u201d<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Before signing with the Red Sox, Story was a two-time All-Star during his six seasons with the Colorado Rockies, where he slashed .272\/.340\/.523 with a 112 OPS+, 158 home runs, 180 doubles and a 27.0 bWAR. He hasn\u2019t had the same impact with Boston, though, recording a .667 OPS, 83 OPS+, 27 home runs and 41 doubles through 214 games.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>Related Headlines<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Boston Red Sox thought they had their franchise second baseman when they signed Trevor Story to a six-year, $140<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":57837,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[46,47,2063,286,702],"class_list":["post-57836","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mlb","tag-alex-cora","tag-boston-red-sox","tag-christopher-smith","tag-colorado-rockies","tag-trevor-story"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Boston Red Sox manager tells two-time All-Star to \u2018disconnect\u2019 after brutal start - NEWS USA<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=57836\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Boston Red Sox manager tells two-time All-Star to \u2018disconnect\u2019 after brutal start - NEWS USA\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Boston Red Sox thought they had their franchise second baseman when they signed Trevor Story to a six-year, $140\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=57836\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"NEWS USA\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-05-27T06:27:41+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/avtvip-43-5.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"900\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"900\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"MrThanh\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"MrThanh\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=57836\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=57836\",\"name\":\"Boston Red Sox manager tells two-time All-Star to \u2018disconnect\u2019 after brutal start - NEWS USA\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=57836#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=57836#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/avtvip-43-5.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-05-27T06:27:41+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-05-27T06:27:41+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/#\/schema\/person\/850fd1b8bcb1d322b7f0a04b3d2f18ec\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=57836#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=57836\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=57836#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/avtvip-43-5.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/avtvip-43-5.jpg\",\"width\":900,\"height\":900},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=57836#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Boston Red Sox manager tells two-time All-Star to \u2018disconnect\u2019 after brutal start\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/\",\"name\":\"NEWS USA\",\"description\":\"Your Daily Dose of Sports News and Updates\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/#\/schema\/person\/850fd1b8bcb1d322b7f0a04b3d2f18ec\",\"name\":\"MrThanh\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/8c8f2d90ff2a21a61a5e6bc0619622a5021fc65353885d9d7b3db1c8c7c1ca8d?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/8c8f2d90ff2a21a61a5e6bc0619622a5021fc65353885d9d7b3db1c8c7c1ca8d?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"MrThanh\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?author=6\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Boston Red Sox manager tells two-time All-Star to \u2018disconnect\u2019 after brutal start - NEWS USA","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=57836","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Boston Red Sox manager tells two-time All-Star to \u2018disconnect\u2019 after brutal start - NEWS USA","og_description":"The Boston Red Sox thought they had their franchise second baseman when they signed Trevor Story to a six-year, $140","og_url":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=57836","og_site_name":"NEWS USA","article_published_time":"2025-05-27T06:27:41+00:00","og_image":[{"width":900,"height":900,"url":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/avtvip-43-5.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"MrThanh","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"MrThanh","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=57836","url":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=57836","name":"Boston Red Sox manager tells two-time All-Star to \u2018disconnect\u2019 after brutal start - NEWS USA","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=57836#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=57836#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/avtvip-43-5.jpg","datePublished":"2025-05-27T06:27:41+00:00","dateModified":"2025-05-27T06:27:41+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/#\/schema\/person\/850fd1b8bcb1d322b7f0a04b3d2f18ec"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=57836#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=57836"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=57836#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/avtvip-43-5.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/avtvip-43-5.jpg","width":900,"height":900},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=57836#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Boston Red Sox manager tells two-time All-Star to \u2018disconnect\u2019 after brutal start"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/","name":"NEWS USA","description":"Your Daily Dose of Sports News and Updates","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/#\/schema\/person\/850fd1b8bcb1d322b7f0a04b3d2f18ec","name":"MrThanh","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/8c8f2d90ff2a21a61a5e6bc0619622a5021fc65353885d9d7b3db1c8c7c1ca8d?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/8c8f2d90ff2a21a61a5e6bc0619622a5021fc65353885d9d7b3db1c8c7c1ca8d?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"MrThanh"},"url":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?author=6"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57836","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=57836"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57836\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":57838,"href":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57836\/revisions\/57838"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/57837"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=57836"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=57836"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=57836"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}