Trevor Story is opting in to the final two years of his contract with the Red Sox per Chris Cotillo of MassLive. Cotillo went on to add the following:

With an infield full of question marks as the front office faces the upcoming winter workload, Story sticking around makes matters much less murky. The Sox’ shortstop had the ability to opt out of this deal, forgoing the final two years of the contract in which he will get paid $25 million per season. However, if he did, Craig Breslow and company also had the potential to counter the opt-out by tacking on a third year at $25 million in 2028. It wasn’t likely, but if he managed to get to the free agent market, you were essentially talking about needing to rebuild the infield from scratch.

All of that is now wiped away. Story will be a membe

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