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Oct 1, 2025; Bronx, New York, USA; Boston Red Sox shortstop Trevor Story (10) hits a one run home run during the sixth inning against the New York Yankees during game two of the Wildcard round for the 2025 MLB playoffs at Yankee Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Brad Penner-Imagn Images <\/span><\/div>\n<\/section>\nComing off a bounce-back 2025 season, Boston Red Sox shortstop Trevor Story is opting into his contract and returning to Boston in 2026, according to multiple media reports.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n Story, who had an opt-out after the fourth year of his six-year, $140 million deal he signed ahead of the 2022 season, has two years and $55 million left on the deal. The Red Sox additionally have a club option for $25 million in 2028, with a $5 million buyout if they decline it.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n The veteran shortstop is coming off a breakthrough season reminiscent of how he started his career in Colorado. After battling injuries that limited him to 163 games over the 2022-24 seasons, he played 157 games this season. His .263 average this season was his best since 2020 (.289) while his 25 home runs were his most since 2019 (35).<\/p>\n<\/section>\n <\/p>\n Story, who turns 33 on Nov. 15, batted .385 in accounting for five of Boston’s 19 hit, its only home run and three of its six RBIs in the wild-card series loss to the New York Yankees.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n A two-time All-Star for the Rockies (2018, 2019), Story is a career .265 hitter with 204 homers and 636 RBIs in 1,065 regular-season games for Colorado (2016-21) and Boston. <\/p>\n<\/section>\n Red Sox third baseman Alex Bregman went the opposite way from Story on Monday, electing to opt out of the final two years of his three-year, $120 million contract to enter free agency.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n –Field Level Media<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n