Trevor Story’s 2nd opinion on hand reveals a “little fracture”

By KEN POWTAK Related Press

BOSTON — Purple Sox second baseman Trevor Story possible will probably be out a bit longer than anticipated after supervisor Alex Cora mentioned a second-opinion examination revealed a “just a little hairline fracture” near his proper wrist.

Story has been on the injured record with a bruise since July 14 after getting hit on the precise hand with a pitch throughout a sport on July 12 from Tampa Bay right-hander Corey Kluber. He’ll be shut down for roughly one other 10 days.

“The bone bruise is sweet,” Cora mentioned earlier than Boston hosted Milwaukee at Fenway Park on Saturday. “The therapy does not change. We deal with it the identical manner we’re doing it now, type of like a pressure. The one factor we now have to do now’s shut him down (from swinging) for like a week-and-a-half and see the place we’re at.”

The 29-year-old Story signed a $140-million, six-year take care of the Purple Sox throughout spring coaching after spending his first six big-league seasons with Colorado.

Batting simply .221, however with good manufacturing (15 homers and a team-leading 58 RBIs) Story has been streaky on the plate in his first season with Boston.

Now, his return to the lineup could also be slowed a bit longer.

“The physician feels that we now have to maintain doing what we’re doing treatment-wise and we to have shut him down for the ten days and we’ll see the place we’re at,” Cora mentioned.

Cora defined that Story had been feeling discomfort when he swung and wished the second opinion.

The fading Purple Sox enter Saturday’s sport in opposition to Milwaukee having misplaced 12 of their final 15 video games, dropping them to three ½ video games behind the AL’s final wild-card spot and trailing two different groups presently out of playoff place, too.

Along with Story, Boston has been lacking All-Star third baseman Rafael Devers, who has been on the IL since July 23 with proper hamstring irritation.

Cora mentioned he expects him to hitch the crew when it opens a sequence in Houston subsequent week.

Devers leads the crew with a .324 common and and 22 homers together with 55 RBIs.