Back with Yankees, Anthony Volpe already facing another roadblock
Anthony Volpe was recalled from Triple-A on Tuesday by the Yankees, who placed starting shortstop Jose Caballero on the 10-day injured list.
BALTIMORE — Aaron Judge stood at his locker chatting with Paul Goldschmidt , whose first pitch of the game bomb into the left-field seats put the Yankees ahead for good in a 6-2 Tuesday night win at Oriole Park that ended a four-game losing streak. Across the clubhouse, Will Warren’s post-game interview included talk about the wow factor of his 5 2/3-inning, two-run start and his Houdini act that kept the Orioles from scoring after they loaded the bases with no one out in the third inning. Along the long wall, Trent Grisham relaxed in a chair in front of his stall after a night of his own.
His three-run homer in the top of the third was an early knockout punch. But the happiest Yankee was the one who made it to the ballpark right around first pitch, the one who spent last week playing shortstop for Scranton/Wilkes-Barre in Worcester, Massachusetts. Anthony Volpe is back with the Yankees because of Jose Caballero’s Tuesday misfortune — an MRI revealed a broken finger.
This wasn’t how Volpe expected his return to occur, but he’s now only looking ahead. He’d gone through a lot in the last eight months: having an offseason surgery, starting the season on the injured list, and enduring a rehab assignment that lasted longer than he’d have liked. Then came an option to Triple-A that probably felt like baseball purgatory.
“Super pumped,” Volpe said. “Just good to be back. It feels good to see everyone and ready to go.
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