New York Yankees supervisor Aaron Boone admitted Thursday that shortstop Anthony Volpe has performed by means of a partial labrum tear in his left shoulder since Might, if not longer.
The staff had not beforehand revealed the lingering harm, which dates again to a play within the area in early Might when he heard a “pop” in his shoulder. On the time, Boone advised reporters that Volpe’s X-rays and MRI turned again “excellent news.”
However after a New York Submit report earlier Thursday that stated Volpe acquired a cortisone shot within the left shoulder, Boone stated Volpe reaggravated the shoulder harm on a dive Sunday. The 24-year-old is not anticipated to wish a stint on the injured listing.
“Clearly he had the incident in Might the place he dove and harm his shoulder a little bit bit however felt it,” Boone stated Thursday. “At the moment, we MRI-ed it, he had a partial labrum tear that I feel they felt like was an outdated harm, however actually extra simply aggravating it and the swelling of it. As soon as that acquired out of there, he was good to go.”
New York’s on a regular basis shortstop till not too long ago, Volpe has appeared in 141 of the Yankees’ 145 video games, most of anybody on the staff. He has struggled within the area, committing an American League-high 19 errors, and on the plate, batting .206 with a .145 common since Aug. 2.
The Yankees acquired utility man Jose Caballero from the Tampa Bay Rays on the commerce deadline and have begun giving him begins at shortstop. Caballero began Wednesday towards the Detroit Tigers and was again at shortstop in Thursday’s lineup, which means Volpe is in line to overlook back-to-back video games for the primary time all season.
“It was my determination to not have him within the lineup (Wednesday). It had nothing to do with (the harm),” Boone stated. “This type of data got here later.”
Volpe was a first-round draft choose by the Yankees in 2019 and received the beginning shortstop job in spring coaching of 2023. He’s a profession .221 batter with 52 dwelling runs, 190 RBIs and 68 steals in 460 video games. This season, he has hit 19 homers and a career-high 70 RBIs.
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