Volpe breaking out on way to Bronx

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Two years removed from being taken by New York with the 30th overall pick in the 2019 Draft, the 20-year-old shortstop has raised his profile enough to become the No. 15 overall prospect in baseball in MLB Pipeline’s latest rankings.

Entering Thursday, Volpe has hit .296/.426/.613 with 26 homers and 32 steals across 105 games between Low-A Tampa and High-A Hudson Valley. He is one of only two members of the 25-25 club in the Minor Leagues this season, and his 173 wRC+ is second-best among all full-season Minor Leaguers, behind only Julio Rodríguez’s 174.

Volpe is arguably the Minor Leagues’ breakout prospect of the 2021 season, and while that may be giving others eyes as big as Central Park, it has only dug Volpe’s concentration deeper into the process that got him here.

[www.mlb.com]