Rockies' Trevor Story: To undergo surgery, likely out for season
Story will undergo surgery to repair the torn UCL in his thumb and he will likely miss the remainder of the regular season, MLB Network's Jon Morosi reports.
Story was initially diagnosed with a jammed thumb, but further testing on the area Tuesday revealed a torn unlar collateral ligament in his thumb. He will undergo surgery in the near future and according to Jenny Cavnar of Root Sports, the usual timetable for that procedure is roughly eight weeks. The timing of Story's diagnosis compounds its impact given that the Rockies could have traded for a shortstop at the trade deadline had they known about the extent of the injury. Instead, the Rockies will likely have to go with a platoon of Cristhian Adames, Daniel Descalso, and Rafael Ynoa at shortstop. Regardless, it will be nearly impossible to replace Story's Rookie of the Year-level production with that platoon. Story slashed .272/.341/.567 with 27 home runs and 72 RBI through 97 games this season.
