His father, Michael, is a urologist, and his mother, Isabelle, is an anesthesiologist. Volpe's family moved to Watchung, New Jersey, when he was in the fourth grade. His family had partial season tickets to see the New York Yankees of Major League Baseball (MLB), and Volpe became a fan of the Yankees. He made his MLB debut in 2023.īorn at Mount Sinai Hospital, Volpe spent his early years on the Upper East Side of Manhattan, a borough of New York City.
#Yankees shortstop professional#
With Opening Day less than two weeks away now, the countdown is on to see who is manning short when the Yankees host the Giants on March 30.Anthony Michael Volpe (born April 28, 2001) is an American professional baseball shortstop for the New York Yankees of Major League Baseball (MLB). 294/.415/.588 going into Saturday’s games (and Volpe is again in the lineup, leading off and playing shortstop today), and with the way he’s carried himself off the diamond, earning the praise of a number of team mates. However, the 21-year-old has impressed the team with his bat, slashing. He has, after all, only appeared in 22 games at Triple-A. Coming into spring it seemed he was very much a candidate for a mid-season call-up, but probably not an option for Opening Day. Martino’s report also details how scouts have generally favored Peraza’s glove at short over Volpe’s. 306/.404/.429 across 57 plate appearances and starting in a playoff game. Peraza, 22, is probably the favorite, given he impressed in a short stint in the big leagues last year, hitting. In any case, it does appear that Kiner-Falefa is an outsider in the shortstop battle, which leaves it down to Peraza and Volpe. The team also already has a shortstop in Miguel Rojas, who doesn’t hit a ton, plays decent defense and is owed $5MM in 2023, so it may be that acquiring Kiner-Falefa would just mean bringing in another player who profiles very similar to their in-house option. While a $6MM salary is affordable for a team like the Dodgers, it looks steep for a player who only hit for an 85 wRC+ (15 percentage points below the league average), and has a career wRC+ of 82.
It’s perhaps not surprising that Kiner-Falefa isn’t of interest to the Dodgers. The Dodgers were one such team thrown around as a possible destination in the wake of Gavin Lux’ injury, but it appears that’s unlikely, with Jon Heyman of the New York Post reporting they’re not interested. He’s owed $6MM in his final year of arbitration, and has been speculated as a possible trade candidate given the Yankees’ glut of middle infielders. Kiner-Falefa was the starter for the bulk of the 2022 season, but looks to be headed for more of a utility role himself this season, with the Yankees working him out around the infield, and even giving him starts in the outfield. The Yankees seemingly prefer Cabrera in a utility role, and the injury to starting center fielder Harrison Bader means he could be called upon for more outfield reps to start the season, so it appears safe to rule him out of the starting job at short. Volpe, fellow youngster Oswald Peraza, Isiah Kiner-Falefa, and to a lesser extent Oswaldo Cabrera have all been in the mix for the shortstop job this spring. As top prospect Anthony Volpe continues to make a strong case to win the Yankees’ starting shortstop job this spring, Andy Martino of SNY reports that the team are not close to making a decision on who’ll start there on Opening Day.
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