Anthony Volpe has face-palm moment with ABS system as first batter of minor league game

Anthony Volpe is successful a grind to get backmost to the large leagues, and his ABS show Wednesday won't assistance his cause.

The New York Yankees sent the shortstop to the insignificant leagues earlier this period to bring up apical shortstop imaginable George Lombard Jr. due to the fact that Volpe has ne'er rather deed the crushed moving arsenic a erstwhile apical imaginable himself.

Despite his struggles, Volpe had really induced a steadfast locomotion complaint successful his clip with the large league nine this season, but 1 would not deliberation that fixed his archetypal at-bat with Triple-A Scranton Wednesday.

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Anthony Volpe of the New York Yankees during a crippled against the Chicago Cubs astatine Wrigley Field July 31, 2026, successful Chicago. (George Gaza/MLB Photos via Getty Images)

Volpe saw 3 consecutive balls to statesman the crippled and past took what helium thought was shot four. It was called a strike, but Volpe challenged the telephone successful hopes of getting connected archetypal base.

He was wrong.

The adjacent transportation was an off-speed transportation that looked overmuch much retired of the portion than the erstwhile pitch. But, fixed what had conscionable occurred, helium did not privation to instrumentality the hazard of losing some challenges astatine the commencement of the game.

Well, that's precisely what helium did connected the adjacent pitch. He challenged onslaught 3 and was incorrect again.

So, the squad was retired of challenges aft conscionable 1 batter.

He made up for it with a triple aboriginal connected successful the night, but it was not capable successful the RailRiders' 11-3 nonaccomplishment to the Lehigh Valley IronPigs.

New York Yankees infielder Anthony Volpe throws the shot to archetypal basal during a outpouring grooming crippled against the Toronto Blue Jays Feb. 26, 2023, astatine the TD Ballpark successful Dunedin, Fla. (Cliff Welch/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)

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Volpe has deed good since being demoted, hitting .304 (7-for-23) with a double, triple and homer. He has recorded astatine slightest 1 deed successful each of his 5 games since being sent down.

In the majors this year, helium was hitting .240 with a career-high .325 on-base percentage, but his .322 slugging percent was the worst of his career. He had deed conscionable 1 location tally successful 56 games.

Lombard, meanwhile, is hitting .320 with a .953 OPS successful his archetypal 7 games arsenic a large leaguer and had the nonstop other ABS destiny arsenic Volpe a mates of nights ago, correctly challenging 2 strike-three calls to gully a walk.

Anthony Volpe of the New York Yankees throws his helmet during the seventh inning against the Minnesota Twins astatine Yankee Stadium July 4, 2026, successful New York City. (Caleb Bowlin/Getty Images)

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Volpe has been moving astatine 2nd basal since being sent to the minors, possibly showing the Yankees' manus for his aboriginal with the team.

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