The Colorado Rockies made a widely anticipated transaction Tuesday, bringing Trevor Story back from the disabled list and sending pitcher Jeff Hoffman back down to Triple-A Albuquerque.
Despite the fact that Pat Valaika and Alexi Amarista both filled in admirably in Story’s absence, the shortstop position belongs to the young man who so confidently burst onto the national scene a year ago when he hit 27 home runs even though he missed the final month of his rookie campaign. He’s shown himself to be a capable defensive shortstop at the MLB level and he needs time to work through his early sophomore slump to fulfill the potential that scouts, evaluators, and the Rockies, have seen in him for a very long time.