Shortstop Trevor Story will make his long-awaited season debut for the Boston Red Sox on Tuesday against the visiting Kansas City Royals, manager Alex Cora told reporters on Monday.
Story, 30, had an internal bracing procedure of the ulnar collateral ligament in his right elbow in January and was on the 60-day injured list. Cora had said Sunday that Story would play the maximum 20 days of the minor league rehabilitation assignment that expires Wednesday. The earliest he then could have returned to Boston was Thursday.
Story, instead, will be activated Tuesday for Boston and not play for Triple-A Worcester.