Yankees option Anthony Volpe to Triple-A as Jose Caballero continues to thrive at shortstop

As nan New York Yankees continued to rotation to commencement nan season, owning nan champion grounds successful nan American League aft an 11-3 triumph connected Sunday complete nan Baltimore Orioles, they had a large determination to make by nan extremity of nan day.

What should beryllium done pinch shortstop Anthony Volpe, a polarizing fig among nan instrumentality guidelines whose rehab duty ended?

While Volpe was rehabbing from near enarthrosis surgery, Jose Caballero, who was acquired by nan Yankees past season, has been doing much than conscionable playing a serviceable shortstop. He’s been coming up successful clutch positions arsenic good arsenic being a soft mitt astatine 1 of nan astir important positions connected nan diamond.

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Anthony Volpe of nan Somerset Patriots fields during a Minor League Baseball crippled astatine TD Bank Ballpark successful Bridgewater, N.J., connected May 1, 2026. (Dan Squicciarini/NurPhoto)

As a result, nan Yankees made nan determination to person Volpe not re-join nan team, but alternatively action nan 25-year-old to nan Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders.

"Caballero is playing nan heck retired of nan position and playing really well," Yankees head Aaron Boone said anterior to nan Yankees’ triumph connected Sunday, per ESPN. "That complicates it."

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Caballero has been nan Yankees’ superior shortstop crossed 34 games this season, and has done good pinch nan regular at-bats, which usually travel toward nan bottommost of nan lineup. He is slashing .259/.306/.405 pinch a .711 OPS, 4 homers and 12 RBIs frankincense far.

Meanwhile, Volpe went 11-for-44 (.250) during his 13 rehab games successful nan insignificant leagues, which mostly came pinch nan Double-A Somerset Patriots.

Volpe ended up getting enarthrosis room connected Oct. 14, which came aft nan Yankees were eliminated from nan MLB postseason by nan Toronto Blue Jays, nan squad that won nan American League pennant.

New York Yankees shortstop Anthony Volpe throws nan shot to first guidelines for an retired during nan eighth inning against nan New York Mets astatine Citi Field. (Vincent Carchietta/Imagn Images)

But nan wounded was 1 that bothered Volpe passim nan season. He received a cortisone changeable successful nan enarthrosis during nan All-Star break, and past erstwhile much connected Sept. 10 aft an aggravation of nan injury.

Volpe went connected to deed .212/.272/.391 pinch a .663 OPS crossed 153 games for New York, belting 19 homers and notching a career-high 72 RBIs. However, fans had problems pinch Volpe’s deficiency of consistency astatine shortstop, tallying 19 errors, which was third-most among large convention players astatine nan position.

Volpe was nan Yankees’ first-round prime of nan 2019 MLB Amateur Draft, and aft uncovering accelerated occurrence successful nan insignificant leagues, he debuted successful 2023 arsenic nan team’s starting shortstop retired of outpouring training.

After hitting 21 location runs, contempt hitting conscionable .209 pinch a .283 on-base percentage, nan Yankees liked what they saw from their 22-year-old shortstop who was besides named a Gold Glover that season.

Anthony Volpe of nan Somerset Patriots enters nan section during a Minor League Baseball crippled astatine TD Bank Ballpark successful Bridgewater, N.J., connected May 1, 2026. (Dan Squicciarini/NurPhoto)

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This isn’t to opportunity Volpe is going to walk nan 2026 play outright successful nan minors, but nan Yankees are not going to beryllium switching things up arsenic they stay hot.

In nan meantime, Volpe will usage his Triple-A at-bats and reps astatine shortstop to get correct for erstwhile nan Yankees yet get him backmost successful nan bigs.

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