New York Daily News | Gary Phillips: The Yankees have been mulling their options with Anthony Volpe for days now, but they made it official on Sunday — the shortstop will not be getting handed the starting job back after his rehab assignment, instead getting optioned down to Triple-A Scranton. It’s a reversal of fate for Volpe, who has been entrenched at the position since winning it out of spring training in 2023 mostly due to a lack of internal competition, but with José Caballero’s electric play of late the team decided to stick it out with Caballero and let Volpe find his footing in the minors. We went into the reasons that led to Volpe’s demotion, but Gary has plenty more to add on how this came to be.
New York Post | Dan Martin: While the big news of the day wound up being Volpe’s demotion, a scare earlier in the day easily could’ve led the way instead had the Yankees been a little bit less lucky. Ben Rice launched his 12th home run of the season in the first inning of yesterday’s game against the Orioles, briefly tying himself with Aaron Judge for the team lead, but not long after he exited the game in the fourth inning. Rice suffered a hand contusion while fielding a pickoff attempt from Max Fried in the third inning, but X-rays were negative and the team says he will be day-to-day. Rice did take his at-bat in the bottom of the third and doubled before scoring on a Judge blast that put him back as the team leader, and hopefully Rice is out there chasing the Captain down before long.
New York Daily News | Gary Phillips: Tim Hill is an effective man, inducing groundball out after groundball out, but his manager doesn’t think he’s as predictable as he might appear on the mound. Hill’s reintroduced his slider this year, throwing the pitch just a bit over 10 percent of the time while mixing in a couple of four-seam fastballs to keep hitters guessing more on his signature sinker. Hill’s tinkered with the pitch recently, first adjusting it late last season before comparing notes with Blue Jays submarine pitcher Tyler Rogers during this year’s World Baseball Classic. Hill’s form has only looked fantastic since putting on pinstripes, but he’s off to a marvelous start this year with a 1.38 ERA in 13 innings.
MLB.com | Thomas Harrigan: This season’s had plenty of stars get off to surprisingly poor starts, but not all slumps are made equal. Some of the members of this club have exhibited signs that could lead to more than just a slight turnaround, but Jazz Chisholm Jr. doesn’t appear to be there yet for Harrigan, as he notes that Chisholm’s power being absent for most of the year has been a worrisome note for the soon-to-be free agent.
