BALTIMORE \u2014 A middle finger has presented Anthony Volpe with a lifeline back to the big leagues \u2014 at least a temporary one.<\/p>\n
Just over a week after the shortstop was optioned to Triple-A following the conclusion of his rehab assignment, with Jos\u00e9 Caballero playing too well to give up the starting job, the Yankees called up Volpe on Tuesday as Caballero landed on the injured list with a small fracture in his right middle finger<\/a>.<\/p>\n The Yankees hope Caballero will only need the minimum 10 days on the IL \u2014 he fought going on it at all, but then said late Tuesday night, \u201cTen days, that\u2019s the max I\u2019m taking\u201d \u2014 and Aaron Boone added he expects once Caballero returns, he will resume being the club\u2019s starting shortstop.<\/p>\n Anthony Volpe playing for the Scranton\/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders, during a game against the Worcester Red Sox. Arthur Mansavage for NY Post<\/p>\n \u201cHe\u2019s played as well as anyone out there,\u201d Boone said Tuesday before a 6-2 win over the Orioles <\/a>at Camden Yards. \u201cThat would be my expectation.\u201d<\/p>\n So while Volpe may not be able to reclaim the starting job, after he had lost it while recovering from left shoulder surgery, the plan is for him to at least be playing shortstop \u201cpretty much\u201d every day while Caballero is out, Boone said. In doing so, he will have a chance to remind the Yankees what he is capable of after a long road back to the big leagues.<\/p>\n ankees\u2019 Anthony Volpe, right, watches from the dugout during the second inning of a baseball game against the Baltimore Orioles, Tuesday, May 12, 2026 AP<\/p>\n \u201cIf I\u2019ve learned anything out of all this, it\u2019s there\u2019s things I can control and things I can\u2019t,\u201d said Volpe, who was not in the lineup because he did not arrive until around first pitch. \u201cWe got a game tomorrow and that\u2019s what I\u2019m focused on. Throughout this whole thing, it\u2019s been day to day, how I can get better, how I can improve and that\u2019s all I\u2019m focused on.\u201d<\/p>\n The 25-year-old Volpe spent the past three years as the everyday shortstop, with the Yankees letting him play through his struggles \u2014 mostly offensively, though he went through a rough stretch defensively last summer \u2014 in part because they lacked a legitimate option to replace him. But in Caballero, they have found one <\/a>as his 1.7 bWAR was the fourth-highest mark on the team as of Tuesday.<\/p>\n Yankees\u2019 Jos\u00e9 Caballero, left, is caught by Baltimore Orioles second baseman Blaze Alexander, right, while trying to steal second base. AP<\/p>\n \n\t\t\tYankees Merch Shop\t\t<\/p>\n \n\t\t\tNew York Post receives revenue from affiliate and advertising partnerships for sharing this content and when you make a purchase.\t\t<\/p>\n