I have seen far too many people claiming Story was always made of glass at this point. From 2017 to 2021 (ie, his first full season in the bigs until he came to Boston) Story played in 648 of a possible 700 games. That's 92.57 percent, or about thirteen out of every fourteen games. Do people genuinely believe he was a glass cannon back then too? What are their standards for durability based on, Cal Ripken Jr?

While we're on the topic, I've also seen people claim he was never good out of Coors. Yet in the time period above Story posted a 110 OPS , 112 for his time as a Rockie overall. His career home/road splits (200 points of OPS) are basically the same as Matt Holliday and Todd Helton...they're actually better than Holliday's when he was a Rockie.

Related fun fact: His 2022 OPS was 737, good for a 102 OPS . His 2021 OPS was 801, also good for a 102 OPS . His raw totals (homers, doubles, walks, even stolen bases) were all on track as well. His batted ball rates were nearly identical (ie, how often he hit the ball hard, how many line drives, grounders, fly balls, and so on). The only difference (besides the fact he played in 94 games instead of 142) was a jump in strike out rate, undoubtedly due to the fact that his injured arm made it more difficult and painful to check his swing.