New York Yankees’ Anthony Volpe reacts after his bunt pops out during the fifth inning of a baseball game against the Detroit Tigers Tuesday, Sept. 9, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)
New York Yankees’ Anthony Volpe reacts after a ball hit by Detroit Tigers’ Trey Sweeney gets past him for an RBI single during the seventh inning of a baseball game Tuesday, Sept. 9, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)
Volpe undergoes cortisone shot on left shoulder, has been playing with small tear since May
NEW YORK (AP) 鈥 New York Yankees shortstop Anthony Volpe had a cortisone shot in his left shoulder on Wednesday after playing through a small tear in his labrum for more than four months.
New York Yankees’ Anthony Volpe reacts after his bunt pops out during the fifth inning of a baseball game against the Detroit Tigers Tuesday, Sept. 9, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)
NEW YORK (AP) 鈥 New York Yankees shortstop Anthony Volpe had a cortisone shot in his left shoulder on Wednesday after playing through a small tear in his labrum for more than four months.
Before the Yankees concluded a three-game series with the Tigers on Thursday, manager Aaron Boone confirmed a report in the New York Post that Volpe underwent the injection after reaggravating a previous shoulder injury while making a diving stop in Sunday鈥檚 .
It was Volpe鈥檚 second cortisone shot this season. The Yankees also said the 24-year-old had a cortisone shot during the All-Star break.
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Jos茅 Caballero started again for Volpe and made his sixth start at shortstop since being acquired at the trade deadline from Tampa Bay. Boone said Volpe was not available off the bench and may miss the opener of a three-game series at Boston on Friday.
Volpe originally was injured when he felt a pop in his shoulder during the eighth inning of a 3-2 loss to the Rays on May 3. He made an unsuccessful on Christopher Morel鈥檚 single that sparked Tampa Bay鈥檚 .
鈥淗e鈥檚 aggravated it, maybe a couple of times, Sunday being one of them and each time it鈥檚 kind of added to 鈥 I think it鈥檚 just a swelling issue,” Boone said. “So I think he said something the other day about it.
鈥淲e MRIed it. It shows a little bit more of a labrum tear but nothing that we think is going to land him on the IL or nothing that he can鈥檛 continue to play through. He already feels better today. I don鈥檛 expect it to be an issue but that being said, if he goes out there and aggravates it again, we may have to look at it more.”
Volpe is hitting .206 with 19 homers and 70 RBIs in 141 games. He is 8-for-44 in his last 12 games since not starting Aug. 24-25 after getting one hit in his previous 28 at-bats heading into the benching.
At the time of his original injury, Volpe was hitting .233 with five homers and 19 RBIs. Since then, he is hitting .197 and has the lowest average among qualified shortstops.
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鈥淚 don鈥檛 think it鈥檚 been a major factor in his performance or his ability to swing the bat or in his ability to kind of go to the post every day,鈥 Boone said.
Volpe last played in Tuesday鈥檚 when he went 0 for 3 with a two strikeouts and popped out on a bunt with two on in the fifth inning.
As a rookie in 2023, Volpe won a Gold Glove and hit .209 with 21 homers, 60 RBIs and had 24 stolen bases after winning the shortstop job in spring training. He batted .243 with 12 homers and 60 RBIs last year.
In the postseason, Volpe batted .286, including hitting a grand slam in of the World Series against the Los Angeles Dodgers.
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