Anthony Volpe didn’t have something to match it to.
The Yankees shortstop had by no means skilled a sensation just like the one he felt in Saturday’s 3-2 loss to the Tampa Bay Rays, when his diving try and cease an eighth-inning single left him grabbing his left shoulder.
“I felt, like, a pop in my shoulder,” Volpe mentioned afterward. “It happened quick and it was scary, but after that it felt OK and I felt like I had my strength. They tested me and I felt good.”
Volpe went by way of a battery of on-field power exams earlier than staying within the recreation, then underwent an X-ray at Yankee Stadium that he mentioned got here again clear.
The 24-year-old deliberate to re-evaluate his shoulder on Sunday and mentioned he didn’t know whether or not he would require an MRI.
“I felt something sharp and something right on the spot, but then after that it felt OK,” Volpe mentioned. “It was just like taking a step back and realizing that it was OK. They did the testing and I felt strong, but it felt good after testing.”
The scary sequence occurred when Christopher Morel pulled a grounder by way of the outlet on the left aspect of the infield. Volpe ranged to his proper and dove, then remained down earlier than he consulted with the coaching workers.
His shoulder didn’t must be popped again into place, Volpe mentioned.
“Once he got up and was moving around, he felt fine,” supervisor Aaron Boone mentioned. “Then we wanted to make sure, strength-wise, he was in a good position, and felt like he was.”
Volpe dedicated an error later within the inning when he booted a one-out floor ball off the bat of José Caballero whereas making an attempt to show an unassisted double play. The go-ahead run scored from third base on that play. Volpe mentioned the error was the results of him speeding.
Now in his third MLB season, Volpe performed in 159 video games in 2023 and 160 video games final yr. He has not missed a recreation this season.
Any absence for Volpe would deal one other blow to a Yankees infield that’s anticipated to be with out second baseman Jazz Chisholm Jr. for the subsequent 4 to 6 weeks resulting from a high-grade indirect pressure.
DJ LeMahieu is but to seem in an MLB recreation this season after struggling a calf pressure throughout spring coaching.
Volpe is hopeful to have dodged a critical harm.
“Knock on wood, but I’ve never really been in this situation, so it’s just scary,” Volpe mentioned. “But it feels good, and all the movements and everything feel good.”
