{"id":477278,"date":"2026-02-19T06:06:07","date_gmt":"2026-02-19T06:06:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/477278\/"},"modified":"2026-02-19T06:06:07","modified_gmt":"2026-02-19T06:06:07","slug":"yankees-news-anthony-volpe-rounding-into-shape","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/477278\/","title":{"rendered":"Yankees news: Anthony Volpe rounding into shape"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlb.com\/yankees\/news\/yankees-anthony-volpe-rehabbing-from-shoulder-surgery\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:MLB.com | Bryan Hoch;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">MLB.com | Bryan Hoch<\/a>: Anthony Volpe will start the season on the IL as he continues to recover from labrum surgery over the offseason. In his first few days in camp though, the Yankee shortstop appears to be in high spirits and has been able to participate in most defensive drills. Volpe started dry swings yesterday, and could potentially start taking live BP within the next couple of days. A minor league rehab assignment (and maybe more!) is still on the way, but there\u2019s at least room for that perpetual spring optimism.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/athletic\/7000627\/2026\/02\/18\/yankees-cubs-official-hiring-japan-presence\/?source=user_shared_article\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:The Athletic | Patrick Mooney &amp; Brendan Kuty;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">The Athletic | Patrick Mooney &amp; Brendan Kuty<\/a> ($): The Yankees used to be a premier destination for international free agents coming to MLB from Asia, with multiple successful pursuits of Taiwanese and Japanese stars. They\u2019ve not quite been as successful in recent years, and the org seems to recognize they\u2019re leaving a lot of potential talent on the table. Thus, they\u2019ve brought in Nao Masamoto into their front office, fresh from running an international strategy with the Cubs that helped Chicago land Seiya Suzuki and Sh\u014dta Imanaga.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p class=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/02\/18\/sports\/how-mlb-union-is-pivoting-after-tony-clark-resignation-scandal\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:New York Post | Greg Joyce;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">New York Post | Greg Joyce<\/a>: The tumult that the MLBPA has gone through all week after Tony Clark\u2019s resignation certainly hasn\u2019t instilled confidence in the union\u2019s ability to stand up to MLB with labor talks upcoming. Internally though, the players themselves seem to believe in themselves, with Yankee labor rep Austin Wells having a meeting with the team yesterday and doubling down on a message of solidarity and strength.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Deputy director Bruce Meyer was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pinstripealley.com\/mlb-news-analysis\/176526\/mlb-players-union-new-head-director-bruce-meyer-mlbpa\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:just given the job as head honcho;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">just given the job as head honcho<\/a>, but all the same, the player reps and eight-man Executive Committee will still drive most of the PA\u2019s decisions, making Wells an outsized leader on the field and off.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"MLB.com | Bryan Hoch: Anthony Volpe will start the season on the IL as he continues to recover&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":477279,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[65],"tags":[4701,4700,104896,144737,157,220726,2934,16742,363,369,220727,37318,99],"class_list":{"0":"post-477278","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-mlb","8":"tag-anthony-volpe","9":"tag-austin-wells","10":"tag-brendan-kuty","11":"tag-bryan-hoch","12":"tag-chicago","13":"tag-george-m-steinbrenner-field","14":"tag-getty-images","15":"tag-icon-sportswire","16":"tag-mlb","17":"tag-new-york-yankees","18":"tag-patrick-mooney","19":"tag-seiya-suzuki","20":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/477278","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=477278"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/477278\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/477279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=477278"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=477278"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=477278"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}