Yankees' shortstop news is a sigh of relief in the Bronx
This used to be a flashy position.
Yankees' shortstop news is a sigh of relief in the Bronx originally appeared on The Sporting News . Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here . It's the position of Derek Jeter, but it hasn't always been prodigious lately for the New York Yankees .
They got brutal production from the shortstop spot in the 2025 season, and it was one of the things holding them back. As a new campaign dawns, though, the news is good. ESPN's Buster Olney wrote in a new article on Friday that "the Yankees should get better shortstop production this season.
" It'll be tough for it to be a whole lot worse than it was a season ago. "One way or another, the New York Yankees seem destined to get better play at shortstop in 2026," Olney writes. "Last year, Anthony Volpe had an OPS+ of 63 while also struggling defensively.
He had surgery on his left shoulder to repair a partially torn labrum in October and will return sometime in the first months of the season. Until then, Jose Caballero, whom the Yankees acquired at the last trade deadline, will get a lot of at-bats at the position. Caballero had a 131 OPS+ and 15 stolen bases in 40 games in New York, and manager Aaron Boone talks about how much he loves Caballero's energy.