Trevor Story’s bat might be done, and what’s happening on his rehab assignment in Worcester looks way worse than any typical “getting up to speed” struggles. This isn’t just a slump, folks. This has all the markings of a bat that’s cooked and an approach that’s completely washed. Remember that game back on May 14, 2026, at Fenway Park where he struck out in the eighth against the Phillies? That was just the start, it seems.
The Numbers Don’t Lie: A Bat in Crisis
In eight games with the WooSox, Story is hitting a brutal .138 with a .305 OPS. Yeah, you read that right. A .305 OPS. As abysmal as those surface numbers are, the components are somehow even uglier. He’s struck out ten times in just 30 plate appearances, which is a mind-numbing third of the time he steps to the plate. Add to that just one walk, and the fact that he’s still looking for his first extra base hit post-surgery. These aren’t just concerning stats, they’re straight-up alarming. But those ten strikeouts? That’s where the real trouble lies.
Breaking Down the Whiffs: A Look Inside the Struggle
Let’s talk about some of these specific whiffs, because they’re ugly. There was that strikeout in Syracuse last week where Story chased a pitch high and out of the zone that was ball four. And get this: he was facing a guy who couldn’t even top 90 MPH. Story failed to catch up twice. You can try to chalk that up to early rehab, but it’s a troubling sign when you can’t hit soft stuff. Then there was another one where, while all the pitches were in the zone, he saw the same pitch two times in a row and couldn’t make the adjustment, again against a pitcher not throwing lightning bolts.
Things got worse the next game. Story struck out on two off-speed pitches below the zone. Later, he saw more velocity and a trio of offerings in the middle of the zone and still couldn’t do anything with it. But the real “Trevor Story special” is that slider, low and outside with two strikes. He’s drawn to it like a mosquito to a porch light. We’re talking two ugly swing and misses in one at-bat, including one on a 75 MPH sweeper nowhere near the zone and another on an 88 MPH offering he couldn’t catch up to on the outer half. This is soft, soft stuff he’s clearly overmatched by.
This isn’t just a slow start; it’s a full-blown crisis for Trevor Story’s bat. With that kind of plate appearance, it makes you wonder if we’ve seen his best days. What’s next for him? Will he even rejoin the Red Sox roster anytime soon? This looks grim, folks, and there isn’t much to look forward to here.
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Originally reported by Over the Monster.
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