{"id":820661,"date":"2026-05-25T07:53:29","date_gmt":"2026-05-25T07:53:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/820661\/"},"modified":"2026-05-25T07:53:29","modified_gmt":"2026-05-25T07:53:29","slug":"aaron-boone-expects-anthony-volpe-to-play-a-lot-on-yankees-road-trip","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/820661\/","title":{"rendered":"Aaron Boone expects Anthony Volpe to play ‘a lot’ on Yankees’ road trip"},"content":{"rendered":"

Anthony Volpe wasn\u2019t in the lineup again for Sunday\u2019s 2-0 win over the Rays<\/a> in The Bronx as Jos\u00e9 Caballero manned shortstop, but Volpe should get more playing time on the upcoming road trip.<\/p>\n

When the Yankees visit Kansas City on Monday, they\u2019ll face Michael Wacha, a right-hander who is tougher on lefty hitters than on righties, followed by lefties Bailey Falter and Noah Cameron.<\/p>\n

And in Sacramento, the A\u2019s are scheduled to throw left-hander Jacob Lopez on Saturday.<\/p>\n

Volpe, according to manager Aaron Boone, just started working at second base, but Boone might keep him at short when he\u2019s in the lineup, utilizing Caballero\u2019s versatility around the infield.<\/p>\n

\u201cI expect Anthony to play a lot when we go to Kansas City, as well as [Caballero],\u2019\u2019 Boone said of the infield, which could land Ryan McMahon on the bench.<\/p>\n

And while Boone said Volpe could just stay at short, he added, \u201cI do want him working some at second, too.\u201d<\/p>\n

Volpe hasn\u2019t played anything but shortstop in a game since 2021, when he was in High-A ball, although he did work a bit at second base before he won the starting job at short in 2023.<\/p>\n

\"YankeesAnthony Volpe (11) jumps over Blue Jays designated hitter George Springer (4) as he competes a double play during the first inning of the Yankees and Toronto Blue Jays game at Yankee Stadium on May 20. Bill Kostroun\/New York Post<\/p>\n

The Yankees traded for Caballero last season with the idea of playing him at different spots, but he\u2019s focused his work at short while filling in for Volpe, who was sidelined by offseason shoulder surgery.<\/p>\n

Boone said he expected Caballero to be able to go back to his utility role successfully if called upon.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat\u2019s one of his superpowers, his ability to move around,\u2019\u2019 Boone said of Caballero. \u201cI have a ton of confidence in Jos\u00e9. Wherever we put him on any given day, he has a chance to impact us in a lot of different ways.\u201d<\/p>\n

Aaron Judge\u2019s dramatics<\/a> weren\u2019t limited to his game-winning homer in the ninth.<\/p>\n

He also made a diving catch in the eighth that helped keep Tampa Bay from scoring \u2014 and he made an uncharacteristic baserunning error in the first.<\/p>\n

Judge singled with one out and Ben Rice followed with a shot to right field. <\/p>\n

When Ryan Vilade caught it, Judge found himself almost at second base and he was doubled off first to end the inning.<\/p>\n

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\u201cUsually any time Ben Rice hits it in the gap, it\u2019s gonna go a long way,\u2019\u2019 Judge said. \u201cI\u2019ve got to keep my head on a swivel. Off the bat, I think it\u2019s gonna be in the gap, I know it\u2019s gonna be a close game and you\u2019re trying to either score or get to third. I peeked up and it was right at him. That was a bad look. I\u2019ve got to clean that up.\u201d<\/p>\n

With the Yankees locked in a scoreless game in the ninth, Boone went with lefty Tim Hill instead of closer David Bednar.<\/p>\n

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With the bottom half of the lineup due up \u2014 starting with lefty-swinging Chandler Simpson \u2014 Hill whiffed Simpson and then pitched around a walk and a single.<\/p>\n

It came after Hill gave up four runs in Friday\u2019s loss.<\/p>\n

Gerrit Cole reported no issues after making his first start Friday since his March 2025 Tommy John surgery.<\/p>\n

The right-hander was able to play catch and is scheduled to make his next start Wednesday in Kansas City, with Will Warren going Monday and Cam Schlittler on Tuesday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Anthony Volpe wasn\u2019t in the lineup again for Sunday\u2019s 2-0 win over the Rays in The Bronx as…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":820662,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[5122],"tags":[5229,5243,1266,405,403,2228,5226,5225,5228,5227,62,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":["post-820661","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york","tag-america","tag-anthony-volpe","tag-mlb","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-new-york-yankees","tag-newyork","tag-newyorkcity","tag-ny","tag-nyc","tag-sports","tag-united-states","tag-united-states-of-america","tag-unitedstates","tag-unitedstatesofamerica","tag-us","tag-usa"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/116634138876701452","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/820661","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=820661"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/820661\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/820662"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=820661"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=820661"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=820661"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}