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Red Sox's Trevor Story Sustains Additional Ailment On Top Of Heel Injury

Story cannot catch a break this season
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Red Sox's Trevor Story Sustains Additional Ailment On Top Of Heel Injury
Red Sox's Trevor Story Sustains Additional Ailment On Top Of Heel Injury

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Boston Red Sox second baseman Trevor Story has had to battle a decade's worth of adversity this season, and there's been no letting up with just a week left in the season.

"Story is sick, and very unlikely to play again this season," MassLive's Chris Cotillo tweeted.

The 29-year-old already is on the injured list for a left heel contusion and now has to battle another hurdle. Fellow second baseman Christian Arroyo has been sick for the last couple of weeks with a non-COVID-related illness, which could be the source of Story's sickness. 

It's been quite the year this season for Story, as he's been dealing with more off the field than on. 

Story started the year signing on late due to the lockout, had his first child during spring training, then got food poisoning in early April. All of those issues compacted to complicate his transition to not only a new team and league, but position as well.

After a series of aforementioned hurdles, Story started to make the adjustment from the National League to the American League and had a red-hot June. Right before the All-Star break, Story was drilled by a pitch in the wrist and suffered a fracture that cost him over a month of the season. 

Upon return, the longtime Colorado Rockie sustained a heel injury and is now sick as well. The good news? He couldn't possibly face more adversity next season. 

It's worth noting that this season is far from the norm for Story. While many of the Boston faithful have the impression that he is unreliable or injury prone, that's simply not the case. 

In his five full seasons in the big leagues prior to signing with Boston, Story played in 648 of 708 (92%) of total games. There's no reason to believe his lack of reliability this season was anything but a fluke. 

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SCOTT NEVILLE

Scott Neville covers the Boston Red Sox for Sports Illustrated's new page "Inside The Red Sox." Before starting "Inside The Red Sox", Neville attended Merrimack College, where he earned his Bachelor’s Degree in Communication and Media with a minor in Marketing. Neville spent all four years with Merrimack's radio station WMCK, where he grew as a radio/podcast host and producer.  His propensity for being in front of a microphone eventually expanded to film, where he produced multiple short films alongside his then-roommate and current co-worker Stephen Mottram. On a journey that began as a way to receive easy credits via film classes, he received a call from "It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia" star Charlie Day. Day advised him to make a feature-length film, which he completed his senior year. While writing the film, Neville completed an internship for United Way as part of their NFL Partnership Program. Neville ran the blog for a team of interns and hosted an internet show called "United Way's NFL Partnership Series" where he interviewed NFL alumni. After college Neville wrote for SB Nation's "Over The Monster," a Red Sox sister site of the flagship brand. His work would eventually lead him to a job as a content producer with NESN, where he would cover all sports. After developing as a writer with the top regional network in the world, he was given the opportunity to join the Sports Illustrated Media Group in his current endeavor as the publisher of "Inside The Red Sox." The successful launch and quick rise of "Inside The Red Sox" led to Neville joining the Baseball Essential ownership group, a national baseball site under SIMG. Follow him on Twitter: @ScottNeville46 Email: nevilles@merrimack.edu

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