If nothing else, the Yankees are hoping their weekend series against the Dodgers will at least have one positive.

Since the moment New York Yankees shortstop Anthony Volpe was called up to the Bronx in 2023, the fanbase put lofty and unnecessarily high expectations on him – but now is not the time to write him off just yet.

Yankees first. Paul Goldschmidt grounds out to shortstop, Miguel Rojas to Freddie Freeman. Trent Grisham singles to center field. Aaron Judge pops out to Freddie Freeman. Ben Rice walks.

Somewhat quietly, the 24-year-old has settled into a solid stretch early in Year 3, offering some promise of the kind of consistency he has largely been missing during his time with the Yankees.

Yarbrough, a little-paid-attention-to signing late in spring training by the Yankees, came into the night 1-0 with a 2.57 ERA in his three previous starts. He allowed one run, two hits and a walk in an efficient 88-pitch outing in which he struck out seven.

Anthony Volpe hit a three-run double during the Yankees’ four-run fourth inning, and Ryan Yarbrough yielded two hits over six innings in New York’s 5-1 victory against the Los Angeles Angels.

Anthony Volpe was long lauded as a potential franchise cornerstone at shortstop while coming up through the New York Yankees' farm system, and though the ride h

When Anthony Volpe fails, there is a wave of commentary about whether the Yankees‘ first-round pick should be sent off […]

The Great Bambino, Babe Ruth, hit 15 World Series homers in his career, but not one of them came with the bases loaded. Lou Gehrig, who held the Major League record for grand slams for nearly eight decades,