Red Sox second baseman Trevor Story likely will be out a bit longer than expected after manager Alex Cora said a second-opinion exam revealed a “a little hairline fracture” close to his right wrist.
Story has been on the injured list with a bruise since July 14 after getting hit on the right hand with a pitch during a game on July 12 against from Tampa Bay's right-hand by Corey Kluber.
“The bone bruise is good,” Cora said before Boston hosted Milwaukee at Fenway Park on Saturday. “The treatment doesn’t change. We treat it the same way we’re doing it now, kind of like a strain. The only thing we have to do now is shut him down (from swinging) for a like a week-and-a-half and see where we’re at.”
