Yankees\u2019 4-0, heart-pounding Game 3 victory<\/a> over the Red Sox in The Bronx that sent the club to Toronto for the ALDS.<\/p>\nRemember just a few weeks back, when fans had been clamoring for less Volpe and more Jos\u00e9 Caballero? That outcry has stalled because Volpe has hit the accelerator.<\/p>\n
On Thursday, Volpe stepped up with the bases loaded in the fourth inning and grounded a single through the right side to add a second run of the night.<\/p>\n
It was his glove that came through in the sixth, when Jazz Chisholm Jr. dirted a throw to second base trying to get the lead runner. Volpe adjusted and scooped with his backhand while keeping his foot on the base to record the first out of yet another inning Boston would not score against Cam Schlittler.<\/p>\n
It was another strong October night for Volpe, who hit .364 with a 1.000 OPS in this postseason\u2019s first series and quickly is building a reputation for rising to the moment.<\/p>\n
Anthony Volpe hits a RBI single during the fourth inning of the Yankees\u2019 AL wild-card series-clinching win over the Red Sox on Oct. 2, 2025. Charles Wenzelberg \/ New York Post<\/p>\n
\u201cI just want to do anything I can to help this team,\u201d a drenched Volpe said in the victorious clubhouse. \u201cAll I want to do is win. All anyone in this clubhouse wants to do is win. So anything you can do to contribute, we\u2019re doing everything we can.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Volpe did everything he could in all three games: On Wednesday, he leapt for a high throw from Devin Williams, smoothly landing on second base and throwing strong to first to complete a nifty and significant eighth-inning double play. In Tuesday\u2019s loss, he smacked a home run for the only Yankees run. (And later in that game, he singled and pestered Aroldis Chapman enough to draw a third throw-over and annoy his way to second base.)<\/p>\n
This did not look like the same player whose latest slump saw him go 2-for-19 with 11 strikeouts to begin September, his average falling to .206; who committed 19 errors to tie for the third most in the majors this season.<\/p>\n
Maybe he can credit the Sept. 10 shot he received in his left shoulder \u2014 the one he hurt all the way back on May 3.<\/p>\n
Anthony Volpe is all smiles after hitting a RBI single during the fourth inning of the Yankees\u2019 series-clinching win. Charles Wenzelberg \/ New York Post<\/p>\n
\u201cHe started to swing the bat better since then, obviously,\u201d manager Aaron Boone said before the game of Volpe, who after that injection hit .289 in 11 games before a couple of strong postseason contests. \u201cI don\u2019t know how much that played or didn\u2019t play into it or how much of a factor it was.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt has been six to eight weeks, too, of the defense being up to Anthony\u2019s standards again. \u2026 It\u2019s been a couple months of really good now.\u201d<\/p>\n
It has been a couple of strong Octobers, too. Last year, Volpe finished his regular season miserably \u2014 hitting .148 with a .406 OPS in his final 19 games \u2014 before tweaking his approach during a strong postseason in which he swung with more authority. He was one of the more dependable Yankees bats at this time last year, hitting .286 with an .815 OPS in 14 postseason games.<\/p>\n
Anthony Volpe celebrates with his teammates after the Yankees\u2019 AL wild-card series-clinching win. Charles Wenzelberg \/ New York Post<\/p>\n
Is Volpe \u2014 a New York native whose status as New York Yankees shortstop commands enormous attention \u2014 particularly adept at tuning out everything and elevating his game when others feel the pressure?<\/p>\n
\u201cHe is a gamer. He is a tough kid,\u201d Boone said of Volpe, who has reached base safely in 16 of 17 career postseason games. \u201cYou asked me all season long how he handled [the scrutiny] \u2014 he is a guy that handles failure and success really well up here.\u201d<\/p>\n
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It is possible, of course, that this Volpe disappears. His three major league seasons have been defined by sizzling hot and frigid cold stretches. To firmly entrench himself as the Yankees shortstop of the long-term future, Volpe would have to show that October Volpe can be April, May and June Volpe.<\/p>\n
But October Volpe helped ensure the Yankees\u2019 October will continue in Toronto.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s going to be a tough test,\u201d Volpe said of the Blue Jays. \u201cWe got to take it to them.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Is it the cortisone shot? Is it the month? Is it the latest streak from a streaky player?…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":273813,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5122],"tags":[5229,5243,1266,61637,405,403,2228,5226,5225,5228,5227,62,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":{"0":"post-273812","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-mlb","11":"tag-mlb-playoffs","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\/115308708802455442","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/273812","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=273812"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/273812\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/273813"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=273812"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=273812"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=273812"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}