The Yankees’ top prospect showed up at the team’s player development complex for workouts in December and then stayed there for good starting in January, moving his schedule up ahead of attending h…
So Anthony Volpe got to work early, putting himself in the best possible position to have a chance to win it.
“I’m just excited to play and compete and treat this like the beginning of the season instead of camp,” Volpe said Monday after the team’s first full-squad workout at Steinbrenner Field. “I kind of treated [the last two months] like my spring training and then this like the regular season.” “I think just being my first [big-league] camp, it’s such an amazing and cool opportunity,” Volpe said. “Last camp, when I was up here for the couple games, I was trying to make a good impression and play well. Any time I get out on the field, I want to try to compete in the game and be the best player I can be. Regardless of what happens out of my control after that, I can’t really concern myself too much with it.
“It’s pretty surreal,” he said. “Willie Randolph’s with us [as a guest instructor]. Just getting to learn from guys like that that I grew up learning [about] — my parents were huge Yankee fans, too. Getting to be in a clubhouse with guys all throughout middle school, high school and everything like that, I grew up watching their games on TV. It’s pretty cool.”
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