{"id":173257,"date":"2025-08-25T02:51:14","date_gmt":"2025-08-25T02:51:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/173257\/"},"modified":"2025-08-25T02:51:14","modified_gmt":"2025-08-25T02:51:14","slug":"yankees-anthony-volpe-out-of-lineup-with-aaron-boone-coy-on-return","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/173257\/","title":{"rendered":"Yankees’ Anthony Volpe out of lineup with Aaron Boone coy on return"},"content":{"rendered":"

Anthony Volpe\u2019s slump landed him on the bench Sunday night against the Red Sox and there\u2019s no guarantee the shortstop will be back in the lineup Monday.<\/p>\n

Aaron Boone said he chose to sit Volpe for the series finale against Boston because Volpe has \u201cscuffled a bit over the last week [or] 10 days.\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n

The manager also pointed to the presence of Jose Caballero, who provides the Yankees with another solid option at short.<\/p>\n

Asked if Volpe would start Monday when the Yankees host the Nationals, Boone said, \u201cWe\u2019ll see.\u201d<\/p>\n

Anthony Volpe reacts after recording an out during the Yankees\u2019 Aug. 23 game. Corey Sipkin for the NY Post<\/p>\n

The Yankees faced right-hander Dustin May on Sunday and are slated to go up against another right-hander, Brad Lord, when Washington arrives Monday before lefty MacKenzie Gore starts Tuesday.<\/p>\n

Volpe hasn\u2019t addressed his subpar play in recent days, but he\u2019s found himself in the crosshairs of the fans<\/a>, especially during his current 1-for-28 stretch that started when the Yankees began a road trip in St. Louis on Aug. 15.<\/p>\n

He also made a throwing error in Saturday\u2019s loss to Boston and a mental miscue when he opted to throw behind Jarren Duran to try to get him at second base \u2014 rather than make the routine play to first \u2014 in Friday\u2019s defeat.<\/p>\n

Jos\u00e9 Caballero makes a throw during the Yankees\u2019 Aug. 9 game against the Astros. Jason Szenes for the NY Post<\/p>\n

It\u2019s part of what\u2019s been a disappointing season for the 24-year-old, who has taken steps back on both offense and defense in his third year in the majors.<\/p>\n

\u201cI haven\u2019t liked his swing for years,\u201d one American League scout said. \u201cToo much focus on power. At this point, this is who he is, I think.\u201d<\/p>\n

Boone said he doesn\u2019t believe Volpe has been impacted by the harsh treatment from the crowd and his struggles.<\/p>\n

Anthony Volpe strikes out during the Yankees\u2019 loss to the Red Sox on Aug. 22. Robert Sabo for the NY Post<\/p>\n

\u201cI think he handles it quite well,\u201d Boone said. \u201cI don\u2019t think he\u2019s overly affected by those things. He\u2019s just a young player who works his tail off. He\u2019s super-competitive and trying to find the next level of consistency in his game offensively. Mentally, he\u2019s very tough and totally wired to handle all the things that go with being a big-leaguer in this city and being a young big-leaguer that\u2019s got a lot of expectation.\u201d<\/p>\n

Others aren\u2019t as convinced.<\/p>\n

Anthony Volpe reacts during the Yankees\u2019 loss to the Red Sox on Aug. 21. Charles Wenzelberg<\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u2019s definitely taken a step back on defense and I don\u2019t know if that\u2019s a result of him not hitting well or being booed,\u201d the AL scout said. \u201cHe showed a lot last year when he did what he did in the playoffs, but he\u2019s gone right back to the same things he did wrong during the regular season.\u201d<\/p>\n

But it\u2019s Volpe\u2019s performance in the field that\u2019s more worrisome to some scouts.<\/p>\n

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\u201cHe\u2019ll get back to a hot streak at some point, but the fielding is a concern,\u201d another AL scout said, referencing the 11-game stretch Volpe had in late July and early August in which he had seven extra-base hits. \u201cI think he\u2019s gone backwards both last year and this one.\u201d<\/p>\n

Defensive metrics can be unreliable, but most agree that Volpe is having his worst year in the field as a major leaguer.<\/p>\n

Volpe has been valued for his ability to play every day, but Boone noted the addition of Caballero from Tampa Bay<\/a> at the trade deadline gave the roster more flexibility. <\/p>\n

Boone also insisted Volpe was fully healthy.<\/p>\n

But his late-season swoon isn\u2019t new. Volpe had an OPS of just .458 in September, likely a product of the impact of a long season \u2014 before his breakout last October in the playoffs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Anthony Volpe\u2019s slump landed him on the bench Sunday night against the Red Sox and there\u2019s no guarantee…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":173258,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5122],"tags":[5229,5243,1281,1266,405,403,2228,5226,5225,5228,5227,62,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":{"0":"post-173257","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-anthony-volpe","10":"tag-boston-red-sox","11":"tag-mlb","12":"tag-new-york","13":"tag-new-york-city","14":"tag-new-york-yankees","15":"tag-newyork","16":"tag-newyorkcity","17":"tag-ny","18":"tag-nyc","19":"tag-sports","20":"tag-united-states","21":"tag-united-states-of-america","22":"tag-unitedstates","23":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","24":"tag-us","25":"tag-usa"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115087139267959001","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/173257","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=173257"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/173257\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/173258"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=173257"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=173257"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=173257"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}