Anthony Volpe’s Yankees debut: What we learned and what’s next for him
NEW YORK — Anthony Rizzo flipped the ball back to Anthony Volpe. A second before, Volpe charged the weak grounder and fired a throw from shortstop to get the final out of the fourth inning. It was Volpe’s first defensive play in the majors. Rizzo, a 13-year veteran, thought Volpe would want to stash the ball as a keepsake from his major-league debut. Nope. Volpe whipped it to DJ LeMahieu, and the ball ended up in the hands of Oswaldo Cabrera, who flung it into the crowd. Advertisement “I didn’t even think about keeping it,” Volpe told The Athletic. “Maybe…
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