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Sunday, March 26, 2023
The Yankees will have a 21-year-old New Jersey product starting at shortstop on Opening Day.
Anthony Volpe has won the shortstop battle the Yankees held during spring training, consistently showing off his all-around game and the high potential that team officials had been raving about since drafting him in the first round in 2019.
Volpe entered camp seemingly with the longest odds to win the job, with Isiah Kiner-Falefa the incumbent and Oswald Peraza ahead in his development path after making a one-month cameo at the end of last season.
Unlike Kiner-Falefa and Peraza, Volpe was not on the 40-man roster and had only played 22 games at Triple-A, a knock because the Yankees typically like their prospects to conquer each level of the minor leagues before moving up.
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1. The Yankee Clapper Posted: March 26, 2023 at 05:17 PM (#6121390)I assume Peraza goes to AAA to get regular playing time and the Falafel lurks if Volpe stumbles.
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