Story got hurt because he dove and landed awkwardly. He didn’t protect himself the way diving players usually do. So while I agree that another player who landed in the same fashion would likely suffer the same injury, I don’t think we can simply assume that Story is no more or less likely than other players to make such a physically awkward play.
If I wanted to figure out whether Story is injury-prone, I’d look back at his other injuries and see whether there are similar signs of a failure to protect himself. I suspect there’s no pattern, but I wouldn’t assume that without doing the work.
Baseballcube generally has good IL information. These are all Story's injuries from 2011 which put him on an IL.
year tranx date end date mlb org level transaction description status minor team 40man age
2024 2024-04-06 current BOS MLB IL-10 Left shoulder dislocation IL-10 -- Yes 31.142
2023 2023-02-16 2023-07-21 BOS MLB IL-60 Right elbow ulnar collateral ligament repair IL-60 Boston Red Sox (MLB)
2022 2022-09-22 2022-10-06 BOS MLB IL-10 Left heel contusion IL-10 -- Yes 29.311
2022 2022-07-16 2022-08-24 BOS MLB IL-10 Right hand contusion IL-10 -- Yes 29.243
2021 2021-05-30 2021-06-10 COL MLB IL-10 Right elbow inflammation *Wear and tear* IL-10 -- Yes 28.196
2019 2019-06-20 2019-06-29 COL MLB IL-10 Right thumb sprain *Sliding head-first into 2b* IL-10 -- Yes 26.216
2017 2017-05-11 2017-05-19 COL MLB DL-10 Strained left shoulder DL-10 -- Yes 24.177
2016 2016-08-03 2016-10-02 COL MLB DL-15 Torn ligament in left thumb *Sliding head-first into 2b* DL-15 -- Yes 23.261
2014 2014-05-25 2014-06-13 COL A+ DL-7 Unknown DL-7 Modesto (Calif) No 21.191
2011 2011-07-05 2011-07-09 COL MLB Signed out of draft (Texas HS) Hist -- No 18.231
Two of the injuries were caused by sliding head-first into 2-B. Those aren't fielding injuries, and moreover, given the current mitt, I don't think we have to worry so much about those. So those are in green.
Also in green is the 2022 right hand contusion, which was a HBP (hairline fracture, IIRC.)
I'll put the elbow issues in green, since they're paired, and fixed. That's general throwing/hitting UCL stuff, again, not in the category of an awkward fielding injury.
So that leaves us with a strained left shoulder in 2017, the left heel in 2022 (does anybody remember what that was?), and an unknown in the minors in 2014.
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But now let's put that in context. He's fielded over 12,000 innings in his professional career, most at SS with a handful at 3B and 2B. He's gotten about 6000 fielding chances.
So that's a possible 4 injuries (max) attributable to fielding in some 6000 plays.