New York Post | Greg Joyce: The Yankees’ 101st game of the season saw a season first. Shortstop Anthony Volpe slid all the way down the lineup to the No. 9 hole on Tuesday night in Toronto. It seems like an eternity since Volpe started 2023 as the Opening Day shortstop and his bat was supposed to be his calling card. With the exception of flashes, that just has not been the case. Even with a multi-homer game on Saturday, Volpe is 15 for his last 113, dragging his season line down to a .212 batting
average with a .675 OPS.
The Athletic | Chris Kirschner ($): The Trade Deadline approaches. And with that comes the inevitable chatter about which prospects an ostensible contender like the Yankees could ship out in return for big league talent to fortify a stretch run. One name? Spencer Jones, who could only laugh the other day at hearing “Get ready to speak desert, buddy.”
The towering slugger’s shine had worn off after a rough 2024 but he’s been electric this season between Double- and Triple-A. And if he had his druthers? He’d be staying in the Yankee organization. “I was just talking to my girlfriend about this, but at the end of the day, I want to play in New York and be a part of this organization and stay loyal to it,” he said. “That’s a big part of who I am and where I want to go in my career.”
New York Post | Justin Tasch: One of those established big leaguers the Yanks could conceivably trade for happens to be on quite the heater at the best possible time. Eugenio Suárez seemingly homers every night and is up to 36 on the season. Jon Heyman reports the Yankees, Cubs, and Mariners are all in on the Arizona third baseman (hence that “desert” comment from Jones). For New York, that makes a ton of sense, as the hot corner has been an offensive disaster thus far in 2025. He was the first player we pitched in our potential trade target series, so read more there.
The Athletic | Neil Payne ($): Can you quantify luck? The Athletic is trying. And the results are depressing. According to their methodology, the Bronx Bombers are the unluckiest club in the big leagues. The Yankees have 7.9 fewer wins than expected, mostly due to being putrid in close games (6.2 fewer wins than expected). That tracks for anyone who has watched them play an extra innings game on the road. Although at a certain point, does incompetence become indistinguishable from bad luck? That’s a question for wiser minds than mine.
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