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The Yankees’ list of needs before the July 31 trade deadline is growing by the day. Shortstop will not be one of them.
After earning a Gold Glove Award in his rookie season and batting .243 last year, Volpe is batting just .219 with a career-low .963 fielding percentage at shortstop this season. While the Yankees might have hoped for another positive step from the shortstop, he has seemed to take a step back in virtually every facet of the game.
Yankees GM Brian Cashman was asked about shortstop Anthony Volpe's poor season with the trade deadline looming.
NEW YORK — The reeling Yankees need Anthony Volpe to break out and live up to his lofty expectations, but the shortstop is busy having a disappointing third summer in pinstripes. With his 0-for-3 in Friday’s 6-5 loss to the Mets at Citi Field, the shortstop is now hitting .121 (8-for-66) in his last 19 games with 18 strikeouts.
What is Volpe in Year 3 with the Yankees? A complicated player to evaluate whose value is likely overstated internally.
The father of Yankees shortstop Anthony Volpe yells obscenities at a Mets fan who was apparently criticizing his son during Subway Series
NEW YORK — If you believe time portals are real, then the Yankees had something for everyone on a busy night in the Bronx.
Entering Sunday, since June 21, Volpe has hit .136 with a home run, six RBIs and a .523 OPS in 13 games (52 plate appearances).