{"id":619912,"date":"2026-05-02T21:05:08","date_gmt":"2026-05-02T21:05:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/619912\/"},"modified":"2026-05-02T21:05:08","modified_gmt":"2026-05-02T21:05:08","slug":"al-east-notes-volpe-caballero-crochet-gray-berrios","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/619912\/","title":{"rendered":"AL East Notes: Volpe, Caballero, Crochet, Gray, Berrios"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sunday is the final day of Anthony Volpe<\/a>\u2018s 20-day minor league rehabilitation period, and Yankees manager Aaron Boone told reporters (including The Athletic\u2019s Brendan Kuty<\/a>) that Volpe will remain at Double-A Somerset for the entirety of the 20-man window, and \u201cthen we\u2019ll kind of reevaluate where we are.\u201d\u00a0 Once the rehab period is up, the Yankees must either reinstate Volpe to the active roster or option the shortstop to Triple-A.<\/p>\n

As Volpe finishes up his recovery from October shoulder surgery, it can\u2019t be ignored that the Yankees haven\u2019t really missed him at shortstop.\u00a0 Jose Caballero<\/a> has delivered strong defense at the position, speed (a league-best 12 stolen bases), and a .266\/.310\/.422 slash line over 116 plate appearances.\u00a0 The offensive numbers translate to an above-average 105 wRC+, which is significantly better than the 85 wRC+ Volpe has posted over 1886 PA in three seasons in the Bronx.\u00a0 While the Yankees didn\u2019t make a bigger addition over the offseason to officially bump Volpe out of the starting shortstop role, Caballero might\u2019ve simply pipped Volpe out of the job, leaving Volpe in something of an uncertain state within the organization.<\/p>\n

Some other items from the AL East\u2026.<\/p>\n

An MRI on Garrett Crochet<\/a>\u2018s left shoulder revealed only inflammation, Red Sox interim manager Chad Tracy told MassLive.com\u2019s Chris Cotillo<\/a> and other reporters.\u00a0 Crochet won\u2019t start throwing until at least Monday, as the southpaw will work on shoulder-strengthening exercises over the weekend.\u00a0 While Tracy said there\u2019s \u201cno timetable on\u201d when Crochet could be back in Boston\u2019s rotation, it remains possible the left-hander may still miss only the minimum 15 days on the IL, though obviously the team won\u2019t rush their ace until he is fully ready.
\nIn other Red Sox rotation news, Sonny Gray<\/a> threw a three-inning live batting practice session on Friday, in what could be the last step before his activation from the 15-day IL.\u00a0 Gray hasn\u2019t pitched since April 20 due to a hamstring strain, but the injury is seemingly minor enough that Gray could be back in Boston\u2019s rotation as early as Wednesday.
\nJose Berrios<\/a> will make his fourth rehab start on Sunday with Triple-A Buffalo, Blue Jays manager John Schneider told reporters (including Sportsnet\u2019s Arden Zwelling<\/a>).\u00a0 It is possible this may be Berrios\u2019 final tune-up, as the right-hander tossed 70 pitches in his previous outing on April 28, and felt good after throwing a bullpen session yesterday.\u00a0 A stress fracture in his right elbow has kept Berrios from pitching in the majors this season, and he also dealt with biceps tendon inflammation late in 2025 that kept him from participating in the Jays\u2019 playoff run.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Sunday is the final day of Anthony Volpe\u2018s 20-day minor league rehabilitation period, and Yankees manager Aaron Boone…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":110232,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[4701,47418,379,40912,148589,99],"class_list":["post-619912","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-anthony-volpe","tag-garrett-crochet","tag-jose-berrios","tag-jose-caballero","tag-sonny-gray","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/619912","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=619912"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/619912\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/110232"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=619912"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=619912"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=619912"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}