{"id":183334,"date":"2026-05-04T09:51:07","date_gmt":"2026-05-04T09:51:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/183334\/"},"modified":"2026-05-04T09:51:07","modified_gmt":"2026-05-04T09:51:07","slug":"yankees-option-anthony-volpe-after-20-day-rehab-window-closes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/183334\/","title":{"rendered":"Yankees option Anthony Volpe after 20-day rehab window closes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>With shortstop <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/v\/volpean01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=ballexclusives.com&amp;utm_campaign=2026-05-03_br\" rel=\"nofollow noopener sponsored\" target=\"_blank\">Anthony Volpe<\/a> \u2018s 20-day rehab window in the minor leagues now closed, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yardbarker.com\/mlb\/teams\/new_york_yankees\/18\" class=\"yard_link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">New York Yankees<\/a> announced on Sunday that they\u2019ve optioned him to Triple-A Scranton\/Wilkes-Barre. <\/p>\n<p>Volpe has been recovering from a shoulder surgery he had in October. In 13 minor league appearances so far, he slashed .275 with one homer and six RBIs.<\/p>\n<p>In his absence, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/c\/cabaljo01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=ballexclusives.com&amp;utm_campaign=2026-05-03_br\" rel=\"nofollow noopener sponsored\" target=\"_blank\">Jose Caballero<\/a> has been playing great at shortstop for the Yankees.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCaballero\u2019s playing the heck out of the position and playing really well,\u201d manager <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/b\/booneaa01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=ballexclusives.com&amp;utm_campaign=2026-05-03_br\" rel=\"nofollow noopener sponsored\" target=\"_blank\">Aaron Boone<\/a> said when asked about Volpe. \u201cSo that complicates it. So just deciding \u2014 what\u2019s the role that exists right away? Those are things we\u2019ve gotta continue to work through.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Volpe was a Golden Glove winner in 2023 and has been the Yankees\u2019 shortstop since being drafted by the team that year. Last season, he finished with .212 with 19 homers and a career-high 72 RBIs, but his fielding was cause for concern.<\/p>\n<p>In 2025, he recorded a career-high 19 errors, third most among shortstops. It is currently unclear how much more time he will spend on the Triple-A squad.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"With shortstop Anthony Volpe \u2018s 20-day rehab window in the minor leagues now closed, the New York Yankees&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":183335,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[178,180,179],"class_list":["post-183334","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-scranton","tag-scranton","tag-scranton-headlines","tag-scranton-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/183334","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=183334"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/183334\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/183335"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=183334"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=183334"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=183334"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}