2. Trevor Story – COL
.247/.308/.660, 19 R, 10 HR, 20 RBI, 1 SB, 1.0 WAR
The good news is, the Colorado Rockies have a powerfully apt replacement for Troy Tulowitzki at shortstop. The bad news is, it feels like Trevor Story is swinging for the fences with every hack he takes. He’s seen his batting average drop from .333 in week one of April to .292 through two weeks to .271 through three to where it currently sits now at .247.
With the power and his NL leading three triples, also comes the strikeouts. Story has 39 of those and leads the league. There’s going to be peaks and valley’s in his rookie season while the 23-year-old Texan tries to make a name for himself in MLB.
Story’s defense has been okay for the Rockies, having committed only three errors in all of April. But his UZR of -4.0 is a ways behind Tulowitzki’s seventh ranked 1.8 in Toronto. Story currently ranks 30th at his position in that category. Clearly though, people aren’t following him for his defense. All the attention is on Story for making history as a freshman who looks like he could lead the NL in home with five months to go.
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