For nearly the entirety of his league-worst 2025 season, Yankees manager Aaron Boone was accused of protecting and insulating his star pupil, shortstop Anthony Volpe, even as things excessively spiraled. But, after the Yankees' dueling postmortem press conferences on Thursday, it's more unclear than ever who was truly protecting Volpe as he submerged.
News dropped on Wednesday that Volpe had already undergone surgery to repair a torn labrum in his non-throwing shoulder, and Boone confirmed on Thursday that the timeline will take him out of big-league action until late April or May.