The Red Sox may be just three games into the 2024 season, but their defense at shortstop has already looked spectacular.
Trevor Story picked up where he left off last year in the field with this nifty play up the middle Saturday night.
The 31-year-old made a smooth sliding grab to prevent the Seattle Mariners’ Julio Rodriguez from reaching first base in the bottom of the first inning. Story fielded a ground ball hit to the left side by gliding to his knees over the dirt and into the outfield grass.
He backhanded the ball and threw it across his body toward first base, bouncing it just in front of Boston’s first baseman Triston Casas.