He’s back: Trevor Story homers again, makes history

The magical rookie season of Colorado Rockies shortstop Trevor Story continued Monday night when he hit the go-ahead homer in a tied game against the Cincinnati Reds. His solo shot came with two outs in the eighth inning, and even though the Rockies only needed that one run to win the game, it opened the door to a whole bunch of other runs. After Story homered, a single and a walk brought up Ben Paulsen, who hit a three-run jack and turned a close win for the Rockies into a decisive victory.

Story has cooled off a bit since hitting seven homers in his first six games. In the following six games, he hit a grand total of zero, and last night’s was his first in over a week. Considering his torrid pace, he had to slow down sometime. And as Chris Cwik said yesterday in his great breakdown of Story’s incredible start, that’s not a knock on him or his talent. There’s just no way he could sustain that kind of performance.

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Chris also tackles the very important question of whether Story has value and ability outside of this ridiculous hot streak. The short answer? No one really knows. Most of his story hasn’t been written yet (he’s been in the majors for just 13 games, after all). But no matter how it ends, the book on Story will begin with amazing facts like this:

Most HR, First 13 Career Games
Since 1900
Trevor Story 8
Carlos Delgado 7
Dino Restelli 7

via @EliasSports

— ESPN Stats & Info (@ESPNStatsInfo) April 19, 2016