Huge blow to the Rockies: Trevor Story’s regular season is probably over
The 23-year-old shortstop’s injury is a serious blow to Colorado’s playoff chances.

Trevor StoryĀ injured his thumb Saturday and is likely out for the rest of the regular season. (Jessica Taves/For Denverite)
Trevor Story is on the 15-day disabled list with a torn ulnar collateral ligament in his left thumb, and the Colorado Rockies rookie shortstop said Tuesday itās unlikely heāll be able to return for the rest of the season.
Story injured the thumb against the New York Mets on Saturday. The initial belief was that he jammed the thumb. Story said he hoped to return as the Rockies started a critical homestand against the Los Angeles Dodgers on Wednesday.
But thatās not going to happen now, and his chances of getting on the field again this regular season donāt look good. Story said Tuesday heās going to have surgery on the thumb āwithin the next few days, hopefully.ā
Story was then asked if thereās any possibility he comes back this year. āUsually, the recovery time is around eight weeks, I think,ā he said. āSo weāll see.ā
The Rockies have a little less than nine weeks remaining in the regular season. They play the Brewers in their regular-season finale Oct. 2.
Prior to Tuesdayās game, the Rockies were 4 ½ games out of the Wild Card race. Five teams are ahead of them.
Losing Story is an enormous blow to Colorado’sĀ playoff chances.
The 23-year-old rookie is hitting .272 with 21 doubles, four triples, 72 RBIs and 27 home runs. He ranks fourth in the MLB in home runs, and has slugged the most round-trippers by an NL rookie shortstop ever.
āJust very disappointing,ā Story said. āVery frustrated. Just really the timing of it all,Ā IĀ think thatās the worst part of it. But yeah, itās very disappointing.ā
Making up for the power Story brings to the plate wonāt be easy. Utility infielder Daniel Descalso figures to get most of the starts at shortstop in Storyās absence. Heās hitting .320 with two home runs and 21 RBIs this season. Christian Adames (batting .186 this year) and Rafael Ynoa, who was called up from triple-A Albuquerque on Tuesday, will also will get chances.
āYou can win with a two-out single,ā Rockies manager Walt Weiss said. āThere are a number of ways you can win games.ā