Trevor Story is coming off the best season of his Boston Red Sox tenure in 2025, as he finally managed to stay healthy enough to be a steady weapon in Boston’s middle of the order. The fact that Story can deliver consistent results on offense while playing a premium defensive position only boosts his value, although the only way he’ll be able to stay productive is if he stays on the field.
Staying healthy has been a big “if” throughout Story’s career, though. He played in 94, 43, and 26 games in each of his first three seasons with the Red Sox, but he appeared in a joint career-best 157 games in 2025, marking the first time he played more than 150 games in a season since 2018, when he was a 25-year-old player while defending the Colorado Rockies.
Story clicked as the season progressed, and he was able to turn things around for good.
The results were impressive. Story hit .263 with a .741 OPS in 654 plate appearances in 2025, tallying 25 homers, 29 doubles, 96 RBIs, 91 runs scored, and a career-high 31 stolen bases in 32 attempts.
That kind of production is excellent, especially if it comes out of the shortstop position. Will he be able to sustain it in 2026, or will he struggle to replicate what can only be described as his best season since 2019?
What to Expect From Trevor Story in 2026 Fantasy Baseball
When projecting Story’s numbers for 2026, the equation is simple. If he stays healthy, the numbers will be there.
Story figures to hit in the middle of the order, and the acquisition of Willson Contreras will provide Story with even more protection in the lineup. In terms of fantasy production, Story should have plenty of opportunities to rack up RBIs as a middle-of-the-order bat in what figures to be an improved Boston lineup in 2026.
Story is not going to be the player he was during his prime stretch with the Rockies, where he was hitting around .280 or .290, though. His high strikeout rate and power-oriented approach suggest a more realistic expectation would be an average around .250 or .260.
That’s far from being elite, but Story does enough in other categories that fantasy managers can live with that output. After all, shortstops with 30-homer, 100-RBI potential don’t grow on trees.
If Story stays healthy, he could end up with 30 home runs, 100 RBIs, 100 runs scored, and around 30 or even 40 doubles. But even if there’s no improvement (he’s already 33) and his numbers stay in the ballpark of his 2025 production, that should be enough to make him a sensible pick as a middle-to-late-rounds selection.
His health will ultimately determine how much he’ll end up producing, but the potential for another above-average offensive display is there.
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