Yankees lay out Anthony Volpe's next steps, set Gerrit Cole's first rehab start
Prior to Wednesday's game against the Angels, Yankees manager Aaron Boone delivered updates on Anthony Volpe, Carlos Rodon and Gerrit Cole.
Anthony Volpe played a baseball game Tuesday night for the first time since he underwent shoulder surgery to deal with a torn labrum last October. It was in Somerset, not Yankee Stadium. And he only played long enough to take two at-bats .
But he was out there again, and he felt that was worth celebrating. "It was great. Like, so much fun to be back out there,” Volpe said.
“It felt like a big milestone. We appreciated it for what it was. ” What it was is the beginning of a build-up that his manager, Aaron Boone , said will likely continue in the minor leagues through at least next week.
He said Volpe will play five-plus innings in Somerset again Thursday and Friday, take a day off Saturday, then play again Sunday. Minor league teams do not play on Mondays, so the Yankees currently plan to use that as a rest day before transferring Volpe’s rehab to Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre, where he will continue to increase workload. “Probably four or five games next week, then we’ll kind of evaluate and see where we’re at from there,” Boone said.