If this kid doesn’t hit, he isn’t going to have a ton of major league value - and the current iteration of Anthony Volpe isn’t going to hit without adjustments that are best made at the minor league level.Įven Mike Trout didn’t dominate in his first crack at the major leagues. His defense has been OK, but he’s never been seen as a franchise defender. He could at least temporarily slot into the MLB starting SS job and couldn’t possibly be materially worse than his organization-mate.Īnd don’t be fooled by Volpe’s nine homers and 14 steals - his 0.4 fWAR to date is solely on the back of his baserunning value. 311-.383-.597 while playing quality defense. Peraza, at 23 a year older than Volpe, has done his part, going back to Triple-A and hitting. The Yanks would have to swallow hard and admit they were wrong. And then, let Volpe jump Peraza, whose minor league resume was much more complete, based on a single superior spring training.
It doesn’t take into consideration that the Yankees passed up big-time middle infield alternatives in multiple postseasons to keep those positions warm for the homegrown Volpe and Oswald Peraza. My gut is that this would be best done - as Kelenic did - at the minor league level, not by, you know, facing deadly AL East pitching at the major league level.īut that conclusion is purely based on the on-field circumstances. I believe in the talent and the makeup, but he simply has to make more contact and get back to using the entire field and become more of a hit-before-power player.The Mariners’ Jarred Kelenic, in my opinion, had an even more daunting set of circumstances, and while he’s not home free, now appears to at least have fought his way off of the canvas. I’m not down on Anthony Volpe as a long-term prospect. He’s got a power-before-hit profile, but lacks the physicality presently to be a legitimate power hitter. He hits the ball hard enough for someone his age, whose physical ship hasn’t come in yet, but the volume of outs given away via the strikeout and rolled-over pulled grounders means that he “should be” hitting almost exactly what he actually is. So what do we have in Volpe as a hitter? Well, his launch angle distribution isn’t as problematic as Lindor’s, but he lacks a true strength. That said, even The Captain scuffled in his first crack at the bigs, going 11 for 47 in a 13-game stint at about this stage of the 1995 season at age 21.
Jeter’s floor was exceedingly high, much higher than Volpe’s. But A) Jeter never struck out much, B) Jeter always hit a ton of liners, and C) Jeter sprayed the ball all over the field.
Many invoke the name of Derek Jeter when discussing Volpe, and there are some similarities.
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