7 years agoTrevor Story was selling out for power before it was cool. After lighting the fantasy world on fire in 2016 by smashing 27 home runs in just 97 games, Story came back down to Earth in 2017. His .272 batting average from 2016 dropped to .237 in 2017, and he bopped just 24 home runs in 503 at-bats. This was largely due to an April that featured a .167 batting average and an astounding 43.3% strikeout rate. He did hit six homers in the month (and only five singles!), but just about everyone not named Rougned Odor would agree that the trade-off was not worth it. He fought back and posted a batting average of .250 or higher in four of the next five months, and from July 1 through the end of the season, he triple slashed .251/.310/.505 with 14 home runs, 53 RBIs, and five stolen bases in 275 at-bats. Story is a risky bet. If he gives you the July through October version for a whole season, he’s realistically a shortstop who gives you a .250 average with 30 home runs, 10 stolen bases, and the chance to brag to your league-mates about how big a steal he was while calling them all haters. If he gives you the April version again, well, at least you won’t have burned a 2nd or 3rd round pick on him like people did last year. He’s currently going around the 6th round in most standard drafts, and for the chance to have a shortstop hit 30 dingers, that’s not too high a price to pay.--Billy Stonick - RotoBaller