Boston Red Sox, Trevor Story agree to six-year, $140M contract, sources confirm

Trevor Story and the Boston Red Sox have agreed to a six-year, $140 million contract, sources confirmed to ESPN.

The deal includes an opt-out after the fourth season, sources said.

Story hit a crowded free-agent field — alongside fellow shortstops Carlos Correa, Marcus Semien, Javier Baez and Corey Seager — with a résumé featuring two All-Star Games, two Silver Slugger awards and MVP votes during the 2018, 2019 and 2020 seasons.

The concern with any player who built his career with the Colorado Rockies is that career numbers are skewed by playing half his games at Coors Field, with Story's batting average and on-base percentage 60 points lower on the road, his slugging percentage 160 points lower, and his wRC+ tallying 125 at home and 98 wRC+ on the road. In recent history, Nolan Arenado, DJ LeMahieu and Troy Tulowitzki all became markedly better road hitters with worse home splits after leaving Colorado, though three players is hardly a definitive sample size.

Story could be moved to second base alongside Red Sox shortstop Xander Bogaerts. Story has never played a position other than shortstop at the major league level, a position where he ranked among the majors' best in 2019 with +18 outs above average and was a Gold Glove finalist in the National League.

The 28-year-old has shown big power in the past, hitting 37 and 35 homers in 2018 and 2019 with that number dropping to 24 in 2021. In 2019, Story reached the 100-homer mark in 448 games, becoming the fastest shortstop to ever do so. In his six-year tenure with Colorado, he solidified himself as one of the best players in franchise history, ranking top 10 in homers, doubles, triples and stolen bases.

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