LeMahieu caught Volpe’s throw and tagged a sliding Drew Waters just before he got to the bag. Volpe scrambled and threw to third, where DJ LeMahieu was running toward the base. What looked like an infield hit for the speedy Witt, which would have put runners on the corners against Clay Holmes, instead turned into a game-ending play. With the tying run on second base and two out in the top of the ninth, Volpe ranged to his right to make a nice stop of a Bobby Witt Jr. That combination of athleticism and intelligence was on display on the final play of a 5-4 win over the Royals on Friday night in The Bronx. Why Yankees ace doesn’t want to scale back workloadĪs much as the Yankees have raved about Anthony Volpe’s physical ability since they drafted him in the first round out of high school in 2019, they’ve been just as impressed with his baseball IQ. Yankees infielder having ‘definitely tough’ time with full-circle moment Struggling Yankees reliever admits he needs ‘to make an adjustment’ © 2023 NYP Holdings, Inc.How Jasson Dominguez is barreling toward the Yankees … That’s what you want to see in a young player: professionalism first and then see what kind of player he is after that. “That kid comes ready to go every single day. Otherwise, it was the latest strong impression that Volpe left in his pursuit of making the team. It did not come back to cost the Yankees, as Estevan Florial was thrown out at home for a double play that ended the inning.Īn inning earlier, Volpe also bobbled a ground ball to second base but recovered in time to get the out at first. Of course, Volpe is not yet a finished product.īoone pointed to a baserunning mistake the 21-year-old made in the fourth inning, when he was stealing on a pitch then, after the fly ball was caught in center field, did not retouch second base on his way back to first. “Really hooked up, really locked in, an intensity he plays the game with, not only from the energy and the hustle he has, but there’s an energy to the way he’s playing and thinking the game. Yankees’ Aaron Boone already gushing about Anthony Volpe: ‘Gets your attention’ More importantly, Volpe has spent the four games flashing the tools that have been on his résumé during his rise through the Yankees’ farm system. It was Volpe’s first home run of the spring, and after four games he is 4-for-11 (.364). Volpe worked a 2-2 count before Keller threw him an outside slider that he didn’t miss, crushing it 394 feet to left field. “I saw a couple of his pitches pretty well, but just trying to put the ball on the bat with two strikes.” “It definitely felt good, but I was just trying to lead the game off strong and have a good at-bat for the team,” Volpe said after starting at second base and going 2-for-3 with a walk in the Yankees’ 9-1 win. The club’s top prospect led off Thursday’s Grapefruit League game by smacking a home run off Pirates right-hander Mitch Keller at LECOM Park, the latest example of Volpe making his impact felt whenever he is on the field early in camp. Spring training results alone will not decide the Yankees’ shortstop competition, but Anthony Volpe is not wasting any time putting them up anyway. Why Yankees ace doesn’t want to scale back workloadīRADENTON, Fla. How Jasson Dominguez is barreling toward the Yankees
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