As an increasing buzz surrounds the 20-year-old shortstop out of New Jersey, who has crushed his first full season of professional baseball and zoomed up prospect lists along the way, Volpe has his blinders on.
Elsewhere, the talk about Volpe involves his sudden rise to become the Yankees’ top prospect and No. 15 prospect in baseball, according to MLB.com’s new rankings, released this week. It involves the .305/.438/.617 slash line, 20 home runs and 28 steals he had posted this season, in 85 games split between Low-A and High-A, entering Saturday. It involves the lifelong Yankees fan, the club’s 2019 first-round pick, taking a few more steps toward realizing his dream.
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