{"id":173810,"date":"2025-08-25T07:55:13","date_gmt":"2025-08-25T07:55:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/173810\/"},"modified":"2025-08-25T07:55:13","modified_gmt":"2025-08-25T07:55:13","slug":"anthony-volpe-to-sit-out-second-straight-game-for-yankees","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/173810\/","title":{"rendered":"Anthony Volpe to sit out second straight game for Yankees"},"content":{"rendered":"

Anthony Volpe\u2019s slump landed him on the bench<\/a> Sunday night against the Red Sox, and he was told he won\u2019t be in the lineup Monday against Washington.<\/p>\n

\u201cI just found out,\u2019\u2019 Volpe said after a 7-2 win over the Red Sox<\/a> of being informed he\u2019d be out of the lineup for a second straight day \u2014 again with a right-handed starter on the mound \u2014 before he\u2019s expected to return Tuesday versus Washington lefty MacKenzie Gore.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s pretty raw,\u2019\u2019 Volpe said of the news. \u201cAs a competitor and someone who takes pride being out there every day, you take it on the chin and look at the positives. \u2026 It\u2019s all on me.\u201d<\/p>\n

Prior to Sunday\u2019s victory, Aaron Boone said he chose to sit Volpe for the series finale because Volpe has \u201cscuffled a bit over the last week [or] 10 days.\u201d<\/p>\n

The manager also pointed to the presence of Jos\u00e9 Caballero<\/a>, who provides the Yankees with another solid option at short.<\/p>\n

Anthony Volpe (11) looks on from the dugout in the fourth inning against the Boston Red Sox at Yankee Stadium, Sunday, Aug. 24, 2025, in Bronx, NY. Corey Sipkin for the NY POST<\/p>\n

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

Volpe entered Sunday\u2019s game for the top of the eighth, when Caballero was shifted to right field to replace Giancarlo Stanton.<\/p>\n

The shortstop has found himself the target of fans recently, especially during his current 1-for-28 stretch that began when the Yankees started 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 threw 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

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<\/p>\n

\u201cJust continue the work,\u201d Volpe said. \u201cThere\u2019s so much good work being put in. That\u2019s what makes it frustrating. You feel like you can contribute and help the team, but it\u2019s not discouraging because you know the work you\u2019re doing. I\u2019ve got to do what I\u2019ve got to do to contribute. It\u2019s obviously frustrating.\u201d<\/p>\n

His struggles have left him with some of the worst numbers in the majors \u2014 and now out of the lineup for two straight days \u2014 while healthy.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs a competitor and someone where that\u2019s all I\u2019ve known, you take it on the chin,\u2019\u2019 Volpe said. \u201cI\u2019ll take advantage of any opportunities I can [get].\u201d<\/p>\n

He acknowledged the results are \u201cbad.\u201d<\/p>\n

Yankees shortstop Anthony Volpe (11) fields a ground ball hit by third baseman Alex Bregman (2) and throws to first for an out during the eighth inning at Yankee Stadium. John Jones-Imagn Images<\/p>\n

\u201cThe numbers are what they are,\u2019\u2019 Volpe said. \u201cI don\u2019t think you\u2019re defined by them. Every night, you take it as it is. You either feel good about how you contributed [or not] and there are too many days I don\u2019t.\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

\u201cI think he handles it quite well,\u2019\u2019 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

Anthony Volpe (11) and Jazz Chisholm Jr. (13) celebrate the win against the Boston Red Sox at Yankee Stadium, Sunday, Aug. 24, 2025, in Bronx, NY. Corey Sipkin for the NY POST<\/p>\n

Others aren\u2019t as convinced.<\/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,\u2019\u2019 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,\u2019\u2019 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 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 has 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 he was told…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":173811,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5122],"tags":[2226,5229,5243,1266,405,403,2228,5226,5225,5228,5227,62,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":{"0":"post-173810","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york","8":"tag-aaron-boone","9":"tag-america","10":"tag-anthony-volpe","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\/115088334997275991","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/173810","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=173810"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/173810\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/173811"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=173810"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=173810"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=173810"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}