![]() Over the final week of spring training, transactions could begin to pick up across the league as teams finalize their respective rosters. “We’ll make a move if there’s a benefit to doing so, and if there isn’t, then we won’t.” “We don’t have to make a move,” Cashman said. Torres and Kiner-Falefa, who is trending toward becoming a utility player, could be trade candidates if the Yankees can find the right return.īut Cashman said he does not believe trading from the club’s infield depth is a must. Though s ome scouts view Volpe as a second baseman in the long term, the Yankees are crowded at that position with Gleyber Torres and DJ LeMahieu. Yankees’ Anthony Volpe draws Dustin Pedroia comparison from AL scout Charles Wenzelberg / New York Postīut Volpe, who is not on the 40-man roster and has played just 22 games at Triple-A, has made a loud case for the job with his all-around play, including the 1.027 OPS he has recorded through 14 games. Oswald Peraza fields a ball during Yankees’ spring training. Peraza, who is already on the 40-man roster and impressed in a one-month cameo at the end of last season, is viewed as the better defensive shortstop. Volpe, 21, has started 10 games at shortstop this spring and Peraza, 22, started his 10th game there Wednesday, going 0-for-4 with a strikeout. What began as an open competition among Isiah Kiner-Falefa, Oswald Peraza and Anthony Volpe has seemingly come down to Peraza versus Volpe for the starting shortstop job to open the season. But we have time on the clock to make the final call.” “We still have some time on the clock, but we’ve had a good camp. ![]() “We’ll make a decision when we have to in the very end,” Cashman said Wednesday before the Yankees fell to the Nationals, 5-2, at Ballpark of the Palm Beaches. With Wednesday marking just over a week until the Yankees will have to finally settle on the 26-man roster for Opening Day, general manager Brian Cashman said he does not plan on declaring a winner to the shortstop competition until “towards the end” of camp. The clock is ticking on the Yankees’ roster decisions, but they are not in a rush to call the biggest position battle or make a trade to alleviate their glut of infielders. Jake Bauers’ blasts, Aaron Judge heroics propel Yankees past Dodgers Yankees reliever healthy now and looking to get up to speed Yankees wowed by Aaron Judge’s wall-busting catch Still, he was valuable enough of a player to make this list as one of the top shortstops in franchise history.Yankees place outfielder and reliever on injured list He returned briefly late in his career, playing in 15 unproductive games in 2001. His best, most productive years came after he moved on from the Yankees. 261 over his career in New York but had two seasons where hit over. He was, however, a player to plug in just about anywhere, and Velarde would perform. He never played in more than 121 games, never hit more than seven home runs for the Yanks, and never drove in more than 46 runs. He played the most at third and short, seeing five more games at the latter, therefore qualifying as a shortstop.Īs a super-utility player, Velarde doesn’t have a single year that stands out as outstanding. He played all over the field, logging time at every fielding position but first base and catcher. Randy Velarde was a Swiss army knife for the Yankees for ten years. ![]() player New York Yankees all-time best shortstops – No. ![]()
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