<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/anthony-volpe-praises-tone-setter-amid-yankees-mlb-playoff-surge');   ga('set', 'title', 'Anthony Volpe praises tone-setter amid Yankees’ MLB playoff surge');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Yankees-news-Anthony-Volpe-praises-tone-setter-amid-NYs-MLB-playoff-surge.jpg"></figure><h1>Anthony Volpe praises tone-setter amid Yankees’ MLB playoff surge</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-10-15T21:45:50-07:00">October 15th, 9:45pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-10-15T21:47:43-07:00">October 15th, 9:47pm</time><address><a>Alex House</a>Alex House is a sports journalist who covers the NFL, NBA, and MLB for ClutchPoints. He grew up in a New York sports-heavy region in Connecticut and earned his journalism degree at the University of Rhode Island. His in-depth knowledge of two of the most passionate and raucous fan bases in the country gives him a truly unique writing voice.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">MLB</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>For many fans, the biggest takeaway to come out of the New York Yankees’ 6-3 win versus the Cleveland Guardians will be the long-awaited <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/yankees-news-aaron-judge-has-fans-going-bonkers-after-first-2024-mlb-playoffs-home-run">Aaron Judge home run</a>. No one on this team is more important than the soon-to-be 2024 American League MVP, but there is an unlikely candidate who can significantly impact its World Series prospects. And he just so happens to be one of the most scrutinized athletes in the area.</p><p>Gleyber Torres led off the bottom of the first inning with a double, paving the way for an offensively productive evening in The Bronx. He scored the Yankees’ first run and then recorded two more hits to ignite the lineup. Fans might still be reluctant to give the two-time All-Star the benefit of the doubt due to his trend of defensive <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/yankees-news-aaron-judge-issues-blunt-take-gleyber-torres-baserunning-blunder">and baserunning blunders</a>, but his teammates <a href="https://x.com/MLBNetwork/status/1846391899147407707" rel="noopener">are definitely noticing the positive effect</a> he is having on the rest of the batting order.</p><p>“The way [Gleyber Torres has] been setting the tone ever since he started hitting lead-off,” shortstop Anthony Volpe told MLB Network’s Lauren Gardner after the Yankees took a 2-0 lead in the AL Championship Series. “He goes, and the guys hitting behind him, we go. {He’s} such a great table-setter, and that’s the player he is. We’re so appreciative to have him.”</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">"The way [Gleyber Torres has] been setting the tone ever since he started hitting lead-off. He goes, and the guys hitting behind him, we go."</p><p>Anthony Volpe spoke with <a href="https://twitter.com/LGRed?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@LGRed</a> after the <a href="https://twitter.com/Yankees?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@Yankees</a> took a 2-0 lead in the <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/ALCS?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#ALCS</a>! <a href="https://t.co/LXwyXOP0vR">pic.twitter.com/LXwyXOP0vR</a></p><p>— MLB Network (@MLBNetwork) <a href="https://twitter.com/MLBNetwork/status/1846391899147407707?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 16, 2024</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><h2><b>Gleyber Torres is an X-factor for Yankees</b></h2><p>Torres’ impressive Game 2 showing eased some of the burden that is on New York’s star sluggers while also giving them more favorable pitches to hit. If he can apply pressure on opposing hurlers, just like he did during the final two months of the regular season, this ballclub should be able to feast on the Guardians’ wobbly starting rotation.</p><p>When guys like Torres, Volpe, (2-for-3, two runs scored), Giancarlo Stanton and Alex Verdugo (RBI double) come through, the Yankees are incredibly tough to beat. The two-man lineup narrative has held true for various stretches of the 2024 campaign, but Aaron Judge and Juan Soto are getting valuable help at the perfect time of the year.</p><p>That opportune surge could be the thing that finally boosts New York back to the top. What a story it would be if the much-maligned Gleyber Torres acts as the “table-setter” for the franchise’s 28th World Series championship team.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Anthony Volpe praises tone-setter amid Yankees’ MLB playoff surge

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/yankees-news-anthony-volpe-angels-injury');   ga('set', 'title', 'Yankees’ Anthony Volpe exits vs. Angels with frightening injury scare');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Anthony-Volpe-exits-vs.jpg"></figure><h1>Yankees’ Anthony Volpe exits vs. Angels with frightening injury scare</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-08-08T18:55:36-07:00">August 8th, 6:55pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-08-08T19:24:11-07:00">August 8th, 7:24pm</time><address><a href="https://www.facebook.com/joey.mistretta/" rel="facebook">Joey Mistretta</a>Joey Mistretta is a Dallas Mavericks beat reporter, Dallas Wings beat reporter and lead MLB editor for ClutchPoints. He is originally from Lake Arrowhead, California. Mistretta graduated from Biola University with a degree in broadcast journalism.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">MLB</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>New York Yankees shortstop Anthony Volpe was removed from Thursday’s game against the Los Angeles Angels after fouling a ball off his foot. The Yankees announced that Volpe is <a href="https://x.com/Yankees/status/1821723510697525539" rel="noopener">currently being examined</a> by the head team physician.</p><p>Volpe exited the game after hitting a Tyler Anderson pitch off his leg in the second inning. The Yankees shortstop immediately <a href="https://x.com/TalkinYanks/status/1821724359087595902" rel="noopener">fell to the ground</a> and it was evident that he was in pain.</p><p>Video via Talkin’ Yanks:</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Anthony Volpe left tonight's game with foot pain after this foul ball <a href="https://t.co/K21qVMKPft">pic.twitter.com/K21qVMKPft</a></p><p>— Talkin' Yanks (@TalkinYanks) <a href="https://twitter.com/TalkinYanks/status/1821724359087595902?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 9, 2024</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>UPDATE: Gary Phillips of the New York Daily News <a href="https://x.com/GaryHPhillips/status/1821731285879923008" rel="noopener">provided an update</a> on Volpe.</p><p>“Aaron Boone said Anthony Volpe’s x rays came back clean. Just a contusion as of now. Boone’s not sure if he’ll play tomorrow,” Phillips wrote on X, formerly Twitter.</p><p>Volpe has not swung the bat all that well in 2024. It has been an improvement over his <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/yankees-news-anthony-volpe-hit-with-harsh-criticism-anonymous-scouts">challenging 2023 rookie season</a>, however. Volpe is currently slashing .258/.306/.403/.709 across 114 games played in 2024. He has also hit 11 home runs and stolen 20 bases.</p><p>Volpe has yet to live up to the lofty expectations he was given as a prospect. <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/yankees-news-anthony-volpe-first-mlb-hit">Yankees fans were hopeful</a> that he would emerge as the franchise’s next superstar alongside Aaron Judge. But he has not found his groove in MLB yet.</p><p>Losing Volpe for any amount of time would still be detrimental for the World Series hopeful Yankees. He is a talented player who finds ways to impact the game even when he is struggling at the plate.</p><h2><b>Yankees cannot afford to lose Anthony Volpe</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Anthony-Volpe-of-the-Yankees-in-action.jpg"><figcaption>Vincent Carchietta-USA TODAY Sports</figcaption></figure><p>Shortstop is a difficult position to play. You need range, athleticism, a strong throwing arm and intelligence. Making the right decisions at the position is of the utmost importance.</p><p>If Volpe were to miss time, New York would have a challenging decision to make. Oswaldo Cabrera can fill in at shortstop, but having him as the everyday option would not be the preferred approach for the ball club. There is not many other options unless the Yankees promote a prospect.</p><p>We will continue to monitor and provide updates on his status as they are made available.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Yankees’ Anthony Volpe exits vs. Angels with frightening injury scare

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/yankees-news-anthony-volpes-110-mph-take-luis-gils-stuff-that-stunned-astros');   ga('set', 'title', 'Yankees shortstop Anthony Volpe’s ‘110 mph’ take on Luis Gil’s stuff that stunned Astros');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Yankees-news-Anthony-Volpes-110-mph-take-on-Luis-Gils-stuff-that-stunned-Astros.jpg"></figure><h1>Yankees shortstop Anthony Volpe’s ‘110 mph’ take on Luis Gil’s stuff that stunned Astros</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-05-08T10:55:45-07:00">May 8th, 10:55am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-05-08T10:55:45-07:00">May 8th, 10:55am</time><address><a>Ryan Bologna</a>Ryan Bologna is an author at ClutchPoints. He studied journalism and communication at UConn.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">MLB</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>During Gerrit Cole’s absence, Luis Gil has slotted in perfectly in the New York Yankees’ rotation, and in his latest start, he dominated the Houston Astros in six innings, which prompted shortstop Anthony Volpe to <a href="https://twitter.com/BrendanKutyNJ/status/1788038026368520698" rel="noopener">comment on</a> the reactions of the Astros’ hitters.</p><p>“It’s like the fastball is 110 mph. It’s like the hardest fastball they’ve seen,” Anthony Volpe said, via Brendan Kuty of The Athletic.</p><p>Luis Gil threw six innings, giving up just one hit and one run on Kyle Tucker’s first-inning home run. Gil walked four and struck out five as well. Gil can struggle with command at times and walk a good amount of batters, but for a pitcher as young as he is, he has shown great promise this season. The stuff is great, and had the Astros hitters fooled.</p><p>Volpe himself had a good moment against the Astros as well, hitting a two-run home run to right field that extended <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/yankees-news-aaron-judge-rival-tigers-tarik-skubal">the Yankees’ lead</a> to 6-1. He has not been hitting as well as he did to start the year, but still overall has solid numbers on the season. Being the leadoff hitter, it is important for Volpe to succeed and get on base often, given the threat of his speed and presence on the base paths ahead of Juan Soto and Aaron Judge.</p><p><a href="https://clutchpoints.com/yankees-news-top-prospect-imminent-injury-rehab-timeline-update">The Yankees have had</a> their hearts broken by the Astros a lot in recent years, but this season, the two teams seem to be headed in opposite directions. New York moved to 24-13 on the season with the win, while Houston dropped to 12-23. With two games left in the series, the Yankees have a chance to really put the Astros in a hole that would be tough to climb out of this season.</p><h2><b>Will Luis Gil stay in the rotation when Gerrit Cole comes back?</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Luis_Gil_in_a_Yankees_uniform.jpg"><figcaption>© Wendell Cruz-USA TODAY Sports</figcaption></figure><p>Gil has been in the rotation for the Yankees this season due to Gerrit Cole’s absence. He has taken that opportunity by the horns, posting a 2.92 ERA to this point in the season. The question remains whether or not Gil will stay in the rotation after Cole comes back.</p><p>The Yankees’ rotation has been good overall, with Carlos Rodon, Marcus Stroman, Nestor Cortes and Clarke Schmidt pulling their weight as well. The dilemma with Gil is that he likely will not be able to throw as many innings as the others in the rotation. He is coming off of Tommy John surgery, so it is unknown how many innings he will be able to take on this season.</p><p>While Gil is performing great, he could get relegated to the bullpen when Cole is back simply due to that. The Yankees could use another arm in the bullpen, and Gil could provide important long-relief innings in that role.</p><p>Regardless, Gil has provided more than the Yankees could have asked for when he was inserted into the rotation.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Yankees shortstop Anthony Volpe’s ‘110 mph’ take on Luis Gil’s stuff that stunned Astros

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/yankees-news-aaron-boone-shares-concrete-stance-on-potential-anthony-volpe-sacrifice-on-offense');   ga('set', 'title', 'Yankees’ Aaron Boone shares concrete stance on potential Anthony Volpe sacrifice on offense');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Yankees-Aaron-Boone-shares-concrete-stance-on-potential-Anthony-Volpe-sacrifice-on-offense.jpg"></figure><h1>Yankees’ Aaron Boone shares concrete stance on potential Anthony Volpe sacrifice on offense</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-03-08T06:37:38-08:00">March 8th, 6:37am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-03-08T06:37:38-08:00">March 8th, 6:37am</time><address><a href="https://letterboxd.com/splooshpuhrty/films/by/your-rating/">Jedd Pagaduan</a>Jedd Pagaduan is a certified Clippers and Gunners fan, which means he's a very sports-traumatized individual. He now writes about sports instead as a form of therapy.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">MLB</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The New York Yankees have ridiculously high standards, and missing the playoffs like they did in 2023, simply does not cut it for the MLB’s most historic franchise. The Yankees’ disappointing 2023 has cast a big shadow on the successful rookie season of Anthony Volpe, who is now looking to shore up his weaknesses at the plate as he figures to remain the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/yankees-news-aaron-judge-100-real-anthony-volpes-spring-training-mindset" rel="noopener">team’s everyday shortstop</a> in the coming season.</p><p>One of Volpe’s biggest weaknesses last season was that he was mostly an <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/yankees-anthony-volpe-surprisingly-named-al-gold-glove-finalist" rel="noopener">all or nothing</a> hitter at the plate. Like Javier Baez before him, the Yankees shortstop tends to sell out to hit home runs, causing him to get under the baseball more often than not. (Volpe, however, has a much better ability to draw walks than Baez does.)</p><p>It’s enticing to think how much more productive Anthony Volpe can be if he manages to flatten his swing and go for more line drives — and Volpe himself is looking to find out the results of that change for himself. Yankees manager Aaron Boone thinks that this change <a href="https://nypost.com/2024/03/07/sports/anthony-volpe-wont-sacrifice-power-with-new-swing-aaron-boone/" rel="noopener">would not cause diminishing returns</a> on his power production, as the innate strength that allowed him to hit 21 home runs last season remains within him.</p><p>“I don’t think so, no, because his strength is his strength,” Boone said, per Greg Joyce of the New York Post. “I think this version of him hopefully continues to move the needle to where he’s controlling the strike zone at a better rate too. I think his at-bats [this spring] have been really consistent.”</p><p>During his rookie campaign, Anthony Volpe did not have the best of times dealing with breaking and offspeed pitches. The all or nothing approach at the plate was geared more towards fastballs; as Joyce pointed out, the Yankees shortstop was much better at hitting heaters, hitting .248 and slugging .479 against those pitches.</p><p>Volpe is only 22 years of age (he’ll be turning 23 in April), so if there’s ever a time for him to try and experiment with his swing with the hope of getting better results, it’s now. Aaron Boone has the confidence that it will work out for the best, and this belief might be exactly what the Yankees shortstop needs to break out in his sophomore campaign.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Yankees’ Aaron Boone shares concrete stance on potential Anthony Volpe sacrifice on offense

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/yankees-news-aaron-judge-100-real-anthony-volpes-spring-training-mindset');   ga('set', 'title', 'Yankees’ Aaron Judge gets 100% real on Anthony Volpe’s spring training ‘mindset’');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Aaron_Judge_gets_100__real_on_Anthony_Volpe_s_spring_training__mindset_.webp"></figure><h1>Yankees’ Aaron Judge gets 100% real on Anthony Volpe’s spring training ‘mindset’</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-02-24T09:51:43-08:00">February 24th, 9:51am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-02-24T09:51:43-08:00">February 24th, 9:51am</time><address><a>Owen Crisafulli</a>Owen Crisafulli is a Senior Editor and NFL Lead at ClutchPoints. He recently received his Masters in Business Administration from Nichols College. Previously, he obtained his Bachelor's degree in Sport Management and for a while ran his own sports website. Sports are his passion, and he thoroughly enjoys writing about thoughts and opinions that are related to the game. He has been a lifelong fan of the major professional teams in Boston and loves discussing all topics surrounding those teams.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">MLB</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The New York Yankees are hoping their <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/yankees-news-aaron-judge-spring-training-injury-update-2024-season" rel="noopener">2024 campaign</a> will be <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/yankees-news-aaron-boone-brian-cashman-on-hottest-seat-in-mlb-according-to-insider-survey" rel="noopener">better than it was</a> in 2023, and a guy who could play a big role in their success is Anthony Volpe. Volpe won the starting shortstop job in Spring Training last year, and now that he has the job for himself, Aaron Judge offered an interesting stance on how he thinks it will impact his mindset this upcoming season.</p><p>Despite winning the job last year, Volpe endured a rocky rookie campaign (.209 BA, 21 HR, 60 RBI, 24 SB, .666 OPS), which was a tough pill for New York to swallow. But with there being no question who will be starting at shortstop this season, Judge thinks that freedom will help Volpe attack Spring Training in a <a href="https://www.mlb.com/news/anthony-volpe-not-changing-approach-to-spring-camp" rel="noopener">different way</a> this time around.</p><p>“I always approached every spring like I was fighting for my job, whether I was an All-Star the year before or not. I think [Volpe] is going to have the same mindset. Even though he had success last year and he won a Gold Glove, he’s always trying to improve. There may be a little different mindset where you’re not on your toes as much going through every single drill and you can work on what you need to work on, but I think he still wants to go out there and perform because there’s always somebody coming for his job.” – Aaron Judge, MLB.com</p><h2><b>Aaron Judge hoping Anthony Volpe can continue to grow for the Yankees</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Aaron_Judge_and_Anthony_Volpe.webp"><figcaption>Mandatory Credit: Vincent Carchietta-USA TODAY Sports</figcaption></figure><p>Judge knows what it’s like to have pressure on your shoulders in Spring Training when you are engaged in a position battle for a starting job, and he believes that could have impacted Volpe at times in 2023. Even though he won the job, he still had people looking over his shoulder all season long, and that’s tough to endure, especially when you are a rookie in the majors.</p><p>While that doesn’t necessarily mean Volpe is completely safe from his struggles this season, the fact that he got through last season, despite his ups-and-downs, and still has the job, should take a weight off his shoulders. Judge encouraged the youngster to not take his foot off the gas pedal, but it wouldn’t necessarily be a surprise to see Volpe breakout in his second year in the league.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

2024 SEASON STATS
BA	HR	RBI	OPS	SB
.243	12	60	0.657	28

2024 SEASON STATS
BA	HR	RBI	OPS	SB
.243	12	60	0.657	28

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