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Colorado Rockies: Trevor Story’s fairy tale season keeps going

By Stacey Gotsulias

Jun 26, 2016; Denver, CO, USA; Colorado Rockies shortstop Trevor Story (27) is hit by a pitch thrown by Arizona Diamondbacks relief pitcher Silvino Bracho (61) (not pictured) in the ninth inning at Coors Field. The Rockies won 9-7. Mandatory Credit: Ron Chenoy-USA TODAY Sports
Jun 26, 2016; Denver, CO, USA; Colorado Rockies shortstop Trevor Story (27) is hit by a pitch thrown by Arizona Diamondbacks relief pitcher Silvino Bracho (61) (not pictured) in the ninth inning at Coors Field. The Rockies won 9-7. Mandatory Credit: Ron Chenoy-USA TODAY Sports /
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Trevor Story of the Colorado Rockies hit his 25th and 26th home runs of the season and set the National League rookie record for a shortstop. Next up? Major League Baseball’s rookie record.

Trevor Story is having quite the fairy tale season.

He started out the year red hot in April. He hit two home runs off the Arizona Diamondbacks’ Zack Greinke during the first game of the season. He hit seven home runs in his first six games, and finished the month with 10 home runs and 20 RBI which earned him the National League Rookie of the month award. Story recorded 24 hits in April and an astonishing 17 of them were for extra bases. His 10 home runs matched the totals of his teammate Nolan Arenado, Bryce Harper and Neil Walker.

Now it’s July and Story has set a new National League rookie record for shortstop with 26 home runs.

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On Friday night, Story tied the mark set by former Colorado Rockie Troy Tulowitzki in 2007 (24), but what’s remarkable about Story’s feat is that it took Tulowitzki nearly an entire season to reach the 24 home run plateau, Story reached it in Colorado’s 95th game of the season.

Then Story came out on Saturday night, bashed two home runs—for the third time this season—and finished the night 4-4 with a career high in RBI (5). Saturday’s first home run was a two-run shot off Matt Wisler of the Atlanta Braves in the second inning while number two was a 445-foot blast to center field off reliever Jim Johnson in the eighth. The Rockies won the game, 4-3.

Story has been on a bit of a tear since just before the All-Star break, hitting eight home runs in his last 13 games.

According to the Elias Sports Bureau, Story is the first rookie since Kansas City’s Bo Jackson on April 14, 1987 to go 4-4 with two homers, five RBIs and a stolen base, and at 23 years old, he’s the youngest player go 4-4 or better with two homers and a stolen base since 21-year old Joe Morgan did it way back in 1965—Morgan hit two home runs and went 6-6 in a game against the Milwaukee Braves.

What’s remarkable about Story’s fairy tale rookie season is that he more than likely wouldn’t have been playing this season, or at least wouldn’t have started out playing shortstop if Jose Reyes hadn’t been arrested for a domestic violence incident during the offseason.

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Story is now only four home runs away from tying Nomar Garciaparra for the Major League rookie shortstop record which was set by the Boston shortstop in 1997. The National League rookie home run record is 38 and both Wally Berger of the Boston Braves and Frank Robinson of the Cincinnati Reds reached that mark—Berger in 1938 and Robinson in 1956. The Major League rookie home run mark is 49 which was set by Mark McGwire of the Oakland Athletics in 1987.

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