How Red Sox $23.3 million All-Star shortstop has been a 'non-factor' in 2026

The Boston Red Sox have been without their starting shortstop for the majority of the season. The AL East club has managed to get by with a solid 86-game stint from Andruw Monasterio, as the 29-year-old has posted a .755 OPS. Boston's starter, two-time All-Star Trevor Story, has been out since May with a sports hernia. Story played in just 41 games before the injury, and he will fail to appear in over 100 games for the fourth time in five seasons with the Red Sox. Injuries have kept Story sidelined for most of his tenure in Boston. That's why Bleacher Report's Joel Reuter tabbed him as one of the most overpaid players in baseball. Trevor Story is overpaid by Red Sox "After playing 163 games during his first three years in Boston, Trevor Story put together a shocking bounce-back season last