Ready for games, Yankees’ Anthony Volpe ‘found some stuff’ that could be game changer

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Dressed in slacks and a sports jacket, Anthony Volpe entered the Yankees clubhouse on Sunday morning, pulling a small suitcase to his back-wall locker stall.

There was a slight smile on his face. After spending the winter and spring in Tampa rehabbing his left shoulder, the shortstop traveled back to New York with the Yankees after Sunday’s 5-4 loss to the Rays. Volpe will begin the final steps in his recovery from Oct.

14 surgery to repair a partially torn labrum. Volpe has an exam with team doctor Christopher Ahmad scheduled for Monday, and assuming nothing unexpected crops up, he’ll begin a rehab assignment this week. The Double-A Somerset Patriots are home for games Tuesday through Sunday against the Reading Fightin’ Phils.

“My family’s happy,” said Volpe, a Watchung, N. J. , native who now lives in Manhattan.