The Anthony Volpe scare seemingly has ended.
The on a regular basis Yankees shortstop went 2-for-5 with a double Sunday in his return to the lineup after he was lifted from Friday’s recreation when his left elbow swelled up following a plunking.
Volpe gave the impression to be in vital ache when Walker Buehler drilled him with an 88.8 mph pitch, and he was eliminated earlier than his subsequent at-bat.
He didn’t get within the batters’ field Saturday, although he pinch ran within the eighth inning and performed protection within the ninth within the loss.
Volpe started swinging once more Sunday, reported that he was “feeling a lot better” to Aaron Boone after which took his at-bats whereas sporting new safety on his elbow.
“Good to get him back in,” the supervisor stated earlier than falling 11-7 to the Pink Sox in The Bronx.
The 24-year-old has been a rock on the place since debuting in 2023, having appeared in 382 of a potential 387 regular-season video games.
He has by no means hit the injured record regardless of a couple of issues, together with a sore shoulder in early Could that price him one recreation and nothing extra.
This time it was an unpadded left elbow that grew to become a fear, however X-rays and a CT scan revealed no harm.
“It’s everything to me,” Volpe stated Friday of being an on a regular basis participant. “You want to be available for them.”
Cody Bellinger (1-for-4 with a stroll and run scored) is slashing .319/.394/.552 over his previous 30 video games.
In his second rehab outing, Jake Cousins stretched out to 2 innings during which he allowed one unearned run on two hits whereas placing out three with Excessive-A Hudson Valley on Saturday.
Boone stated he acquired a optimistic report relating to Cousins, who now seemingly will transfer as much as Double-A Somerset or Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre.
“Continues to move in the right direction,” Boone stated of Cousins, who’s build up from a proper elbow flexor pressure and will develop into an choice quickly.
The Yankees claimed infielder CJ Alexander from the A’s and optioned him to SWB.
Alexander, a 28-year-old versatile defender with 10 video games of main league expertise, is a lefty swinger with a profession .832 OPS in 222 video games on the Triple-A degree.
In opposition to righty Hunter Dobbins, Jasson Domínguez grew to become the odd man out of the lineup.
Bellinger began in left discipline, Trent Grisham in middle and Ben Rice served as designated hitter.
After 4 straight begins, Austin Wells was out of the beginning lineup as J.C. Escarra caught.
Escarra went 0-for-2 earlier than Wells pinch hit within the seventh, struck out and later walked within the ninth.
