Manager Aaron Boone said Volpe is out of the lineup for Sunday's game against the Red Sox since the shortstop has recently been "scuffling" offensively, and the skipper wouldn't commit to the 24-year-old returning to the starting nine for Monday's game versus the Nationals, Max Goodman of NJ.com reports.
Since his four-hit game Aug. 1 in Miami, Volpe is batting .121 with a 26.8 percent strikeout rate in 19 games and has just one hit in his past 28 at-bats. Sunday marks Volpe's fifth absence from the lineup this season, but he could be headed to the bench more often down the stretch if the struggles persist. Jose Caballero has a 1.033 OPS in 31 plate appearances since being acquired by the Yankees and will start at shortstop Sunday.
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Yankees' Anthony Volpe: Receiving rare off day
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Volpe is out of the lineup for Sunday's game in St. Louis.
The day off ends a run of 46 consecutive starts for Volpe, who has gone 3-for-26 (.115 average) with a double and a homer in the past seven games. Jose Caballero will step in at shortstop and bat ninth for the series finale against the Cardinals.
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Yankees' Anthony Volpe: Smacks three-run homer in easy win
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Volpe went 1-for-4 with a three-run home run and a walk in Tuesday's 9-1 win over the Twins.
The speedy shortstop belted his 18th homer of the year, and he tallied at least three RBI for the seventh time in 2025. While Volpe has a middling .708 OPS for the campaign, he remains well within striking distance of a 20-20 season. Over his last 133 at-bats (36 games), he's slugging .436 with 13 extra-base hits, 21 RBI and six stolen bases despite a .195 batting average.
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Yankees' Anthony Volpe: Stuffs stat sheet in narrow loss
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Volpe went 4-for-5 with a home run, a double, two RBI, three runs scored and two stolen bases in Friday's 13-12 loss to the Marlins.
It was Volpe's first game of the year with either four hits or two stolen bases. The 24-year-old shortstop has a middling .718 OPS on the year, but he remains locked into an everyday role and is beginning to heat up of late. Over his last 13 outings, Volpe is hitting .298 with seven homers, one double, 11 RBI and four steals.
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Yankees' Anthony Volpe: Hits long home run
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Volpe went 2-for-4 with a solo homer, a steal, two RBI and two runs scored in Tuesday's win over the Rays.
Volpe launched a 452-foot homer to right-center field in the eighth to put the Yankees up 7-4. It was his fifth home run since coming back from the All-Star break, and he's now up to 15 for the year. Outside of his home run balls, Volpe has just one other extra-base hit in July and is hitting .174 with a .191 on-base percentage this month.
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Yankees' Anthony Volpe: Belts homer in defeat
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Volpe went 1-for-2 with a solo home run in a loss to Toronto on Wednesday.
Volpe hit one of three Yankees homers in the contest, swatting a 384-foot solo shot in the fifth frame. The young shortstop has just four hits across 19 at-bats to begin the second half, but three of the knocks have been homers. Volpe is up to 13 home runs through 101 contests on the campaign, surpassing the 12 long balls he slugged across 160 regular-season games last year.
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Yankees' Anthony Volpe: Tossed from Sunday's contest
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Volpe went 1-for-4 with a walk, a stolen base and a run scored in Sunday's game against the Athletics before he was ejected following the eighth inning for arguing balls and strikes, Max Goodman of NJ.com reports.
During his fifth and final plate appearance of the afternoon, Volpe took issue with a checked swing that was called for a strikeout and was tossed from the game by the first-base umpire. Oswald Peraza shifted over from second base to cover Volpe's spot at shortstop in the top of the ninth inning.
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Yankees' Anthony Volpe: Returning for series finale
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Volpe (elbow) is starting at shortstop and batting sixth Sunday against the Red Sox.
The 24-year-old was out of Saturday's lineup after sustaining an elbow bruise on a hit-by-pitch Friday, but he'll return to action for Sunday's series finale versus Boston. Volpe has clubbed two homers in his past four games and has gone 3-for-11 with four RBI during that span.
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Yankees' Anthony Volpe: Suffers bruised elbow
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Volpe was removed from Friday's game against the Red Sox with a left elbow contusion.
Volpe took an 89-mph changeup off his elbow in the second inning of Friday's contest. He remained in the game initially but was eventually replaced in the fourth. The Yankees are still awaiting the results of imaging on Volpe's elbow.
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Yankees' Anthony Volpe: Swats key homer Tuesday
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Volpe went 1-for-3 with a solo home run in Monday's 3-2 win over Cleveland.
Volpe went deep in the seventh inning to give New York a 3-1 lead. The insurance run proved to be significant, as the Guardians scored once in the ninth but were unable to come all the way back from the deficit. Volpe's long ball snapped a 17-game homerless streak during which he batted just .226 over 62 at-bats, though he did knock in nine runs and log eight extra-base hits (six doubles and two triples) during the power drought. The shortstop has seven homers, seven steals, 34 RBI and a .760 OPS through 58 games on the season.
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Yankees' Anthony Volpe: Gets aboard four times in win
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Volpe went 2-for-3 with a two-run home run and two walks in Monday's 11-5 win over the Mariners.
Volpe ended a 12-game homer drought with his ninth-inning long ball to pad the Yankees' lead. The shortstop was steady during that stretch, batting .277 (13-for-47) with four doubles and three stolen bases. He's up to a .245/.335/.442 slash line with six homers, 24 RBI, 22 runs scored, six steals and 11 doubles over 40 contests. Volpe has hit safely in five of his last six games, logging three multi-hit efforts in that span.
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Yankees' Anthony Volpe: Four hits in doubleheader
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Volpe went 4-for-7 with two runs scored, one home run and two RBI across both games of Sunday's doubleheader split against Toronto.
Both of Volpe's RBI came in Game 1 -- on a bases-loaded walk in the third inning and a solo homer to right field in the fifth. He recorded his fourth and fifth multi-hit games of the season Sunday and has started the year slashing .228/.325/.446 with three stolen bases, 15 runs scored, five home runs and 17 RBI in 117 plate appearances.
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Yankees' Anthony Volpe: Keeps up early-season power
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Volpe went 1-for-4 with a solo home run in Tuesday's loss to the Diamondbacks.
Volpe went deep in the fourth inning, belting a 418-foot solo shot that tied the game at 2-2. The talented young shortstop has homered in three of his first four games to the begin the campaign, though those are his only three hits across 16 at-bats. Volpe had just 12 long balls over 637 regular-season at-bats last year.
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Yankees' Anthony Volpe: Goes deep again Saturday
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Volpe went 1-for-4 with a three-run home run, an additional run and two walks in a 20-9 thrashing of Milwaukee on Saturday.
Volpe played his part on a historic day for the Yankees, smashing one of the team's franchise-record nine homers with a three-run blast to left field in the second inning. The 23-year-old has gone deep in each of New York's first two games of the campaign after hitting a modest 12 homers over 688 plate appearances last season. In fact, both of Volpe's hits so far have left the yard.
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Yankees' Anthony Volpe: Swats third spring homer
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Volpe went 2-for-3 with a solo home run in Thursday's Grapefruit League win over the Orioles.
Volpe went deep to left-center field in the sixth inning. The 23-year-old is tied for third on the Yankees with three long balls this spring and is tied for the team lead with three stolen bases. Volpe is batting just .200 in spring play, but he's locked in as New York's primary shortstop and appears slated to hit in the middle of the order on a near-everyday basis.
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Yankees' Anthony Volpe: Playing in spring opener
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Volpe is scheduled to start Friday in the Yankees' Grapefruit League opener versus the Rays, Bryan Hoch of MLB.com reports.
Aside from catcher Austin Wells, right fielder Aaron Judge and injured designated hitter Giancarlo Stanton (elbow), the Yankees are expected to roll out a starting nine of their projected Opening Day starters in the first game of the exhibition slate. Volpe's placement in the lineup will be one to watch throughout the spring, as he had served as the Yankees' primary leadoff man leading up to the All-Star break last season before slotting between the fifth and ninth spot throughout the second half while Gleyber Torres ultimately took over as the team's table setter. Torres and last season's No. 2 hitter, Juan Soto, have since moved elsewhere in free agency, but their departures won't necessarily clear the way for Volpe to reclaim a spot atop the lineup. While Volpe offers excellent speed in the leadoff role, his .288 on-base percentage over 319 career games has made him a less palatable option. He'll at least be heading into the spring with some momentum following a strong playoff run this past fall in which he produced a .286/.407/.408 slash line to go with five steals in five attempts over 14 games, but Volpe will need to build off that small sample during the Grapefruit League to secure a prominent spot in the batting order.
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Yankees' Anthony Volpe: Not starting Tuesday
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Yankees manager Aaron Boone said on the "Talkin' Yanks" podcast by Jomboy Media that Volpe will not be in the lineup for Tuesday's game in Seattle.
Oswaldo Cabrera will draw the start at shortstop while Volpe gets a break. Volpe is slashing a woeful .163/.177/.163 with a 17:1 K:BB over 14 contests so far in September.
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Yankees' Anthony Volpe: Rare day off Monday
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Volpe is absent from the lineup for Monday's contest against the Royals, Max Goodman of The Newark Star-Ledger reports.
Volpe will get his first day off since he received a breather back on March 31 during the Yankees' first series of the season versus the Astros. Oswaldo Cabrera will fill in at shortstop Monday.
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Yankees' Anthony Volpe: Notches 25th steal
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Volpe went 2-for-4 with a stolen base in a loss to the Nationals on Wednesday.
The Yankees were mostly quieted by MacKenzie Gore and a trio of Washington relievers, but Volpe did well in collecting a pair of hits. The shortstop also recorded a stolen base, giving him 25 on the season -- one more than he recorded as a rookie last year. In additional to the theft total, Volpe has improved his batting average from .209 to .252 and reduced his strikeout rate from 27.8 percent to 22.0 percent, though he's also displayed less power, as he has just 11 homers through 133 games after going deep 21 times in 159 contests in 2023.
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Yankees' Anthony Volpe: Reaches three times, swipes bag
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Volpe went 1-for-2 with a double, two walks, a run and a stolen base against Cleveland in Thursday's 6-0 victory.
Volpe went through an ugly 2-for-34, 14-strikeout stretch at the plate from Aug. 7 to Aug. 16, but he's since bounced back with a five-game hitting streak. During the streak, he's gone 6-for-18 and has belted a double in each of his past three contests. Volpe also has three thefts in his past three games and is up to 23 stolen bases on the season, one shy of his total as a rookie last year.
