BOSTON — Trevor Story had surgery on Friday to repair a sports hernia and could be out through the All-Star break. In his absence, Marcelo Mayer will transition back to shortstop, the position he played as he rose through Boston’s system.Story sought multiple opinions on whether surgery would be the best option over rest and ultimately decided to have the procedure, one that he estimated last week would keep him out six to 10 weeks.Interim manager Chad Tracy said Story is recovering at his Texas home and will rejoin the team within the next week to begin his rehab.“I won’t put a timeline on him, but he’s going to be down for a while,” Tracy said. “That’s the easiest way to say it now, depending on how he responds and reacts to (rehab).”The extended period without Story means the team will shift Mayer from second to short, and Mayer began taking pregame reps at shortstop last week with bench coach and infielder coach Jose David Flores. Tracy is targeting Sunday as Mayer’s 2026 debut at the position.“There’s a little bit more work Flo wants to do with him,” Tracy said. “But I definitely think you’ll see more of him there. Does that mean he’ll play there every single day? Maybe not, but we’re definitely going to explore that.”Though Mayer grew up playing shortstop and played the position for 271 of his 315 minor-league games, he’s largely played elsewhere since his big-league debut last season, with 51 games at second, 39 at third and two games at short. This season, he’s played exclusively at second base (43 games) during the regular season. Despite the familiarity and comfort at shortstop, reacclimating himself to the position and the speed of a big-league game will be the biggest area of focus.“On different batted-ball types, you take different routes and angles,” Tracy said. “You have more time because the throw is shorter (at second). At short, you have to cut angles differently. I’d say it’s fungo work, with me hitting live fungos and just seeing him react to those angles. When you have a longer throw, it plays a little different. So, just getting him enough reps there where he feels comfortable with that.”With Mayer shifting to second, Tracy said he will use a mix of Andruw Monasterio, Nick Sogard and Isiah Kiner-Falefa at second base.“I guess, we’re blessed in the sense that we have very versatile infielders,” he said. “So all those guys can play second. All of them can play third as well. So we have the ability to move people around and still feel like we don’t suffer because they’re all very good defenders.”Trevor Story has a .547 OPS through 41 games. (Maddie Meyer / Getty Images)As for Story, this marks yet another season in which he’ll miss significant time due to injury. Since signing a six-year, $140 million deal in 2022, Story’s only full season without time on the injured list came last season when he hit .263 with a .741 OPS in 157 games.This season, he hit .206 with a .547 OPS and made six errors at shortstop in 41 games. Last week, he said he didn’t want to use the sports hernia, which he said cropped up early in spring training, as an excuse for his poor play, but did admit it was a factor.“Tried to grind through it and just got to the point where I might need to take a timeout and evaluate some things a little further,” he said in Atlanta. “Obviously, I haven’t been able to really move like myself out there. It kind of built up on me.”The Red Sox received some positive injury news on two other key players: Garrett Crochet (shoulder inflammation) and Roman Anthony (wrist/hand). Crochet, who’s been out since April 26, will throw a bullpen on Saturday and will face hitters for the first time in live batting practice early next week.After experiencing pain when he began swinging on Monday, Anthony was reevaluated by doctors on Thursday and is healing well with no setbacks from the swings despite the pain.Anthony continues to do all baseball activities, including throwing, and his grip strength has improved. The rotational motion of swinging is the only area where he’s experiencing pain in the sprained hand/wrist ligament.