#anthony-volpe

#anthony-volpe

Anthony Volpe's underwhelming season has made the shortstop a topic of controversy in the Bronx, and more attention was generated this week when it was revealed that Volpe has been playing with a small tear in his left shoulder labrum since May 3. Trying to play through this shoulder problem has clearly impacted Volpe's performance - not only has he hit .197/.248/.378 in 418 plate appearances since suffering the injury, Volpe's formerly excellent defense has drastically fallen off.

New York Yankees shortstop Anthony Volpe has a small tear in the labrum of his left shoulder, but manager Aaron Boone told reporters Thursday that he expects him to be able to play through it. Volpe, who received a cortisone shot after the All-Star break and another on Wednesday, re-aggravated the injury during Sunday's game and sat out Wednesday for the second time in a week.

Anthony Volpe has been the Yankees' regular shortstop for close to three years now. Lately, he has struggled enough that José Caballero has taken some playing time. It's possible that health is playing a role in Volpe's downturn. He injured his left shoulder back in early May. Today, Joel Sherman of The New York Post reports that the shoulder discomfort has lingered since then and Volpe received a cortisone shot in that shoulder yesterday.

Volpe is in a major slump, worse than he's experienced in his short career so far. Entering Thursday's series opener, Volpe is 1-for-37 with 14 strikeouts in his last 11 games. In the Yankees' 11-2 pounding of the Nationals on Wednesday, Volpe went 0-for-5 with two strikeouts and was the only starter to not get a hit. The Yankees tried to give Volpe a breather and reset with two games off earlier in the week,

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