OAKLAND, Calif. — John Danks doesn’t feel as bad now that Trevor Story has homered four times in his first three games for the Colorado Rockies.
He wasn’t in as good of a place on March 28 when Story blasted “a ball 500 feet” against him in a Cactus League contest in Scottsdale, Ariz. After that one, Danks joked he was worried the ball, one that actually traveled 449 feet, would have hit his rental car.
But Danks — who is scheduled to start in Friday’s home opener against the Cleveland Indians — has come around now that Story has continued his torrid run and is the first player in baseball history to homer in his first three games.