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The New York Yankees designated DJ LeMahieu on Wednesday after announcing he would be taking on a bench role moving forward on Tuesday. General manager Brian Cashman made a firm decision on another struggling Yankee as well.
The post Yankees’ Brian Cashman sounds off on Anthony Volpe’s miserable season appeared first on ClutchPoints.The New York Yankees have won three straight games, stopping their horrendous summer slide with a series win against the Seattle Mariners.
After earning a Gold Glove Award in his rookie season and batting .243 last year, Volpe is batting just .219 with a career-low .963 fielding percentage at shortstop this season. While the Yankees might have hoped for another positive step from the shortstop, he has seemed to take a step back in virtually every facet of the game.
The Yankees’ list of needs before the July 31 trade deadline is growing by the day. Shortstop will not be one of them.
NEW YORK — The reeling Yankees need Anthony Volpe to break out and live up to his lofty expectations, but the shortstop is busy having a disappointing third summer in pinstripes. With his 0-for-3 in Friday’s 6-5 loss to the Mets at Citi Field, the shortstop is now hitting .121 (8-for-66) in his last 19 games with 18 strikeouts.
What is Volpe in Year 3 with the Yankees? A complicated player to evaluate whose value is likely overstated internally.
The New York Yankees officially released DJ LeMahieu today after designating him for assignment on Wednesday. Aaron Judge addressed a rumor about LeMahieu.