{"id":622053,"date":"2026-05-04T01:39:10","date_gmt":"2026-05-04T01:39:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/622053\/"},"modified":"2026-05-04T01:39:10","modified_gmt":"2026-05-04T01:39:10","slug":"yankees-option-anthony-volpe-after-rehab-window-closes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/622053\/","title":{"rendered":"Yankees option Anthony Volpe after rehab window closes"},"content":{"rendered":"

NEW YORK — Anthony Volpe<\/a>‘s rehab from left shoulder surgery ended Sunday, but the shortstop’s next step is not rejoining the New York Yankees<\/a>.<\/p>\n

With Jose Caballero<\/a> excelling as New York’s everyday shortstop, the AL East-leading Yankees announced they had optioned Volpe to Triple-A Scranton\/Wilkes-Barre.<\/p>\n

“Caballero is playing the heck out of the position and playing really well,” manager Aaron Boone said before Sunday’s 11-3<\/a> win over Baltimore. “That complicates it.”<\/p>\n

Volpe batted .250 (11-for-44) in 13 minor league rehabilitation games, mostly for Double-A Somerset. Sunday was the maximum 20th day for a rehab assignment in the minors.<\/p>\n

If Volpe remains in the minors for another 20 days or more, it will delay his free agent eligibility by a year until after the 2029 season.<\/p>\n

Volpe had left shoulder surgery Oct. 14, a week after the Yankees were eliminated by Toronto in the AL Division Series.<\/p>\n

He hit .212 with 19 homers and a career-high 72 RBIs last year but made a career-high 19 errors, tied for third most among major league shortstops. He got a cortisone shot Sept. 10 after aggravating a previous shoulder injury three days earlier.<\/p>\n

Volpe also had a cortisone shot during the All-Star break. He initially got hurt when he felt a pop in the shoulder during a loss to Tampa Bay on May 3 last season.<\/p>\n

As a rookie in 2023, Volpe won a Gold Glove and hit .209 with 21 homers, 60 RBIs and had 24 stolen bases after winning the shortstop job in spring training.<\/p>\n

He batted .243 with 12 homers and 60 RBIs in 2024.<\/p>\n

In the 2024 playoffs, Volpe batted .286 and hit a grand slam in Game 4 of the World Series against the Los Angeles Dodgers<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Caballero has started at shortstop in 33 of the Yankees’ 34 games this season. On Friday, he had a go-ahead, second-inning homer off Baltimore’s Cade Povich<\/a>. He is batting .259 with four homers, 12 RBIs and 13 stolen bases.<\/p>\n

“He’s been right in the middle of that, defensively and offensively,” Boone said. “He’s earned some opportunities there. It’s really as simple as that.”<\/p>\n

A 29-year-old acquired from Tampa Bay last July 31, Caballero is hitting .316 (24-for-76) with 11 RBIs in his past 21 games.<\/p>\n

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