BOSTON -- Trevor Story had surgery on his throwing elbow and is expected to miss most -- if not all -- of this season, delaying the Boston Red Sox's plan to shift him across the infield to replace Xander Bogaerts at shortstop.
Red Sox chief baseball officer Chaim Bloom said Tuesday that Story underwent an internal bracing procedure on his right ulnar collateral ligament. The operation is less drastic than the full ulnar collateral ligament reconstruction known as Tommy John surgery, which usually leads to a year of rehab.
"I certainly would not rule out a return sometime during 2023," Bloom said during a news conference, a day after Texas Rangers team physician Dr.