The Red Sox have made their big splash.
Boston has reached an agreement with slugging free agent shortstop Trevor Story, according to USA Today’s Bob Nightengale.
According to multiple reports, it is a six-year deal worth $140 million. The New York Post's Joel Sherman has more info on the opt-out after year four in the deal:
Story, 29, has spent his entire six-year career with the Rockies. He hit .251 with 24 home runs, 75 RBIs and an .801 OPS in 142 games last season, down slightly from his numbers over the previous three years, in which he averaged .297 with 37 home runs, 99 RBI and an .909 OPS per 162 games. Story finished in the top 12 in National League MVP voting three straight years from 2018-20.
Last week, Audacy MLB Insider Jon Heyman reported the Red Sox would likely move Story to second base and keep Xander Bogaerts at shortstop. The duo would give the Red Sox one of the best middle infields in all of baseball.
Bogaerts said recently he was in favor of the Red Sox signing the two-time All-Star.
“He’s a big bat," Bogaerts told reporters in Fort Myers, Fla. “We know what he does defensively already. I think that bat would play really well at Fenway just with that short porch over there. He has a nice swing that’s kind of built for that. It would be nice if we could get an addition like that after some of the big names that we lost to free agency or traded away.”