The Athletic ranked Story’s contract as the fifth-worst in Major League Baseball last December.
Yoshida’s signing was panned by MLB execs speaking in anonymity at the time he signed the deal with Boston, with one famously stating to ESPN’s Kiley McDaniel, “I have no words,” when asked why the Red Sox would sign the outfielder to such a lucrative deal.
This winter, Boston tried to include Yoshida in a trade package that included first baseman Triston Casas to the Seattle Mariners this offseason but was turned down.