Anthony Volpe

Anthony Michael Volpe (born April 28, 2001) is an American professional baseball shortstop in the New York Yankees organization.

Anthony Volpe
Volpe with the Somerset Patriots in 2022
New York Yankees – No. 77
Shortstop
Born: (2001-04-28) April 28, 2001
Watchung, New Jersey
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Medals
Men's baseball
Representing  United States
U-12 Baseball World Cup
2013 Taipei Team
U-15 Baseball World Cup
2016 Iwaki Team

Amateur career

Volpe attended Delbarton School in Morristown, New Jersey, where he played for the school's baseball team and was a teammate of Jack Leiter.[1][2][3] As a senior, he hit .488 with seven home runs, 34 RBIs, and 17 stolen bases.[4] He was named the 2019 New Jersey High School Player of the Year by Perfect Game.[5] Volpe committed to play college baseball at Vanderbilt University.[6]

Professional career

The New York Yankees selected Volpe in the first round, with the 30th overall selection, of the 2019 Major League Baseball draft.[7][8] He signed on June 10, receiving a $2.7 million signing bonus, and made his professional debut with the Pulaski Yankees of the Rookie Advanced Appalachian League.[9][10][11] Over 34 games, he batted .215 with two home runs and 11 RBIs.[12] During the COVID-19 shutdown resulted in the cancellation of the 2020 minor league season, Volpe worked to gain muscle and improve his swing.[13] To begin the 2021 season, he was assigned to the Tampa Tarpons of the Low-A Southeast.[14] After slashing .302/.455/.623 with 12 home runs and 49 RBIs across 54 games, he was promoted to the Hudson Valley Renegades of High-A East.[15]

The Yankees assigned Volpe to the Somerset Patriots of the Double-A Eastern League for the start of the 2022 season.[16] On June 26, Volpe hit a walk-off home run in the bottom of the 10th inning to a 6-5 win against the visiting Hartford Yard Goats. His solo homer delivered the Eastern League Northeast Division first-half title to the Somerset Patriots in a winner-take-all game between the division's top two teams.[17] In July, Volpe represented the American League at the All-Star Futures Game.[18] Volpe batted .252 with 18 home runs and 60 RBIs in 109 games for Somerset and was promoted to the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders of the Triple-A International League on September 2.[19]

References
  1. "Yankees look to team Delbarton's Anthony Volpe, Jack Leiter again in the Bronx, eventually".
  2. "Delbarton duo Leiter, Volpe could be selected in first round of MLB Draft". June 3, 2019.
  3. Staff, B. A. "Top New Jersey 2019 MLB Draft Prospects". www.baseballamerica.com.
  4. "Get to know Yankees 2019 first-round draft pick Anthony Volpe". SNY.
  5. "High School Players of the Year". Perfect Game. Retrieved April 1, 2020.
  6. "Anthony Volpe Class of 2019 - Player Profile | Perfect Game USA". Perfect Game.
  7. "Yankees pick Anthony Volpe at No. 30 overall in the 2019 MLB Draft". lohud.com.
  8. Braziller, Zach (June 4, 2019). "Yankees select N.J. native Anthony Volpe in MLB draft".
  9. "New York Yankees first-round pick Anthony Volpe signs with team". North Jersey.
  10. Rowe, John. "New York Yankees' first-round pick Anthony Volpe adjusting to pro baseball". North Jersey Media Group.
  11. Dempsey, Brooke Leonard, Maddi (July 12, 2019). "There can only be one: The Yankees first rounder Anthony Volpe's journey to the plate". WSLS.
  12. "Yankees prospect Anthony Volpe, N.J. Native, short on tools and size, but has skills to overcome 'lower-side pick' rep". June 6, 2020.
  13. "How Yankees prospect, N.J. Native Anthony Volpe made 'huge' stride despite COVID shutdown". February 10, 2021.
  14. "Why Yankees promote 2 shortstop prospects, but not raking Anthony Volpe". June 8, 2021.
  15. "Yankees' Anthony Volpe: Moves up to High-A".
  16. "Yankees No. 1 Prospect Anthony Volpe Assigned to Somerset".
  17. "Volpe's walk-off delivers division to Somerset". MLB.com.
  18. "Futures Game a confidence validator for Volpe". MLB.com.
  19. Holmlund, Ted (September 2, 2022). "Anthony Volpe promoted after Yankees call up Oswald Peraza". Nypost.com. Retrieved September 9, 2022.
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