July 10, 2025

10 thoughts on “Yankees.com: Schlittler earns win, exits to standing ovation in MLB debut for Yanks

    1. Cashman was adamant that Volpe would “crush it offensively” the following season and that his struggles at the plate in 2023 were related to not getting much experience at Triple A.
      But in Year 3, Volpe has regressed defensively and on the bases.

    2. Cashman was adamant that Volpe would “crush it offensively” the following season and that his struggles at the plate in 2023 were related to not getting much experience at Triple A.
      But in Year 3, Volpe has regressed defensively and on the bases.

      I think there’s some real legit and valid criticisms in the article, but Kirschner wrote it like a scumbag. Is Volpe’s OPS higher or lower this season than his first season and his second season? How in the FUCK does that just get handwaved away? It doesn’t even get ADDRESSED in the article. That’s how you go from a good piece of writing to a shitty piece of writing, by just ignoring stuff that doesn’t fit your argument.

    3. Volpe’s minus-3 outs above average tied him with Pittsburgh Pirates shortstop Isiah Kiner-Falefa, his Yankees predecessor,
      since his rookie season, Volpe has been one of MLB’s worst 20 hitters. His 86 wRC+ is the same as Kiner-Falefa’s since 2023

  1. He’s currently a 1.3 bWAR player, and a 1.0 fWAR player.

    Volpe is annoying as fuck, but batting 8th or 9th in the lineup, he’s not a problem on this team. Peraza’s 0.1 bWAR? Now THAT’s a problem.

    1. I’m not arguing that peraza has been terrible so far but maybe if he played every single day for three years he’d be better.

      If they do move Shlitty to the bullpen (for the playoffs for sure) they need to remember that he isn’t a one inning pitcher. With all these 5 inning starts by Rodon and now fried, this guy can easily go 6,7,8. Then again it’s one start so I need to calm down…

    2. Yeah, I’m on the same page as Peraza. He might have been better at this point than Volpe if given regular playing time (or, like Volpe, given the chance to play literally every game forever no matter the results). We may never know. Certainly Peraza has not made the most of his limited opportunities.

  2. It’s funny, back when they gave the job to Volpe I wanted Peraza to get it. Who knows how things would have played out, but maybe neither one is / was the answer.

    Volpe is what he is, a Wayne Tolleson-type defensive-first shortstop with some pop. He’s never going to be the next Derek Jeter, obviously, and it does get old having Cashman et al defend him like he’s some crucial part of the team’s future. He’s not. He’s a good shortstop that can hit at the bottom of an otherwise strong lineup. Certainly he can be upgraded, but I get the feeling that’s not a priority right now.

  3. RISP 2025 phenom 192/601, 2 out RISP 151/520, late and close 163/608. Sure his shortcomings are magnified by 3rd base being a black hole and if his hype didn’t exceed his talent nobody would notice.

  4. phenoms ops+ is up every year, 81,86,90.

    if you take out the torpedo bat weekend the ops drops 10 points.

    there are so many young players that have performed that aren’t named bobby witt that i think it’s fair to ask what has gone wrong with the kid.

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