The Yankees and hitting coach Sean Casey believe Antony Volpe, who hit .209 in his rookie season, can be a “.270 to .280 hitter.”
On the final day of the regular season, Aaron Judge heaped some more praise on Anthony Volpe for how the 22-year-old shortstop handled the inevitable ups and downs of his rookie year.
The New Jersey product had taken just 99 plate appearances at Triple-A before winning the starting shortstop job with a strong spring training. When Volpe was coming up through the minor leagues, he was known as a hitter who could smack line drives to all fields, but seemed to get away from that too often this season.
“I think when I first got up here, it looked like Volpe was trying to go to the game ,” Casey said. “Sometimes the swing was a little too big or it was a little — maybe not getting the pitch that he wants. I think he’s starting to learn the body of an at-bat. There’s a way to take an at-bat up here that you can’t just — you gotta hunt a zone.”Now they have to hope that experience of being able to fail and learn at the big-league level will pay dividends next season.
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