{"id":706500,"date":"2026-05-23T09:48:22","date_gmt":"2026-05-23T09:48:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/706500\/"},"modified":"2026-05-23T09:48:22","modified_gmt":"2026-05-23T09:48:22","slug":"yankees-news-get-ready-to-learn-some-second-base-volpe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/706500\/","title":{"rendered":"Yankees news: Get ready to learn some second base, Volpe!"},"content":{"rendered":"

MLB Trade Rumors | Anthony Franco<\/a>: With Jos\u00e9 Caballero<\/a> returning to action after a brief stint on the injured list with a fractured finger, the Yankees opted to keep Anthony Volpe around as insurance. Not just that, but manager Aaron Boone announced that he will start taking drills at second base to increase his versatility.<\/p>\n

Boone said that the decision on who will be the starting shortstop will be made \u201c\u2018every night,\u201d but Caballero was his choice on Friday\u2019s opener vs. the Rays. For now, Volpe will try to learn second base, but there are no plans for him to play the hot corner.<\/p>\n

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MLB.com | Bryan Hoch<\/a>: Aaron Judge<\/a> entered Friday\u2019s game against the Rays with just one hit, a single, in his last five games and 21 plate appearances. He knows he is not exactly going through his best stretch of the season and is aware of the need for improvement. He blamed pitch selection for his mini slump: \u201cI\u2019m not doing enough at the plate,\u201d Judge said. \u201cThat\u2019s what we\u2019re doing right there. \u2026 I wouldn\u2019t say we\u2019re not seeing the ball well. I think it\u2019s about making sure we\u2019re swinging at the right pitches.\u201d<\/p>\n

CBS Sports | Mike Axisa<\/a>: Gerrit Cole<\/a> made his long-awaited season debut on Friday, and he was huge for the Yankees with six scoreless frames. The strikeouts aren\u2019t all the way back, as he fanned just two, but he surrendered just two hits and three walks in the highly-efficient masterpiece. If it wasn\u2019t his first start of the year at the MLB level (and the first since 2024), he could have gone even further, as he needed just 72 pitches to dominate the Rays. New York<\/a>\u2019s rotation is really unfair for the rest of the league now that the veteran ace is back to full health. The offense needs to show up, though.<\/p>\n

In another must-read article, Cole opened up<\/a> to longtime reporter Stephanie Apstein of SI.com about his rehab process, his fears, and the long road back to these six scoreless frames and what\u2019s to come.<\/p>\n

Bryan Hoch on X<\/a>: The Yankees have been without designated hitter Giancarlo Stanton<\/a> since April 25th, when he went down with a calf strain. Per Hoch, the star slugger will be examined \u201cthis coming week\u201d to see if he can resume running. He has been hitting, but won\u2019t be able to return if he can\u2019t run. Boone suggested there\u2019s a chance Stanton skips a rehab assignment when cleared.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"MLB Trade Rumors | Anthony Franco: With Jos\u00e9 Caballero returning to action after a brief stint on the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":706501,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[1797,106,1205,5,2281,1628,310,9636,1965,19,4,1690,62,70,15820],"class_list":["post-706500","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mlb","tag-aaron-boone","tag-aaron-judge","tag-anthony-volpe","tag-baseball","tag-gerrit-cole","tag-getty-images","tag-giancarlo-stanton","tag-icon-sportswire","tag-jose-caballero","tag-major-league-baseball","tag-mlb","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-yankees","tag-toronto-blue-jays","tag-tyler-heineman"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@mlb\/116623265202587303","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/706500","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=706500"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/706500\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/706501"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=706500"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=706500"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=706500"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}