NJ.com | Bob Klapisch ($): Anthony Volpe’s faced more than his fair share of detractors over the past year, and while he may not be ready to start on Opening Day the shortstop aims to regain a foothold on his starting spot once he’s fully recovered from shoulder surgery. Part of that journey rests on the 24-year-old finding his footing at the plate, and luckily there’s a host of former Yankee greats that love to swing by for the start of spring to impart some lessons onto the next generation. Bucky
Dent knows a thing or two about transforming his image in a hurry, and the man whose nickname in Boston isn’t proper to publish wanted to share as much as he could with Volpe to aid in his comeback attempt.
NY Post | Greg Joyce: Barring any last-minute surprises, Randal Grichuk’s quest to make it out of Yankees camp begins today after undergoing a physical with the team on Friday. He’s now clear to begin working out with the team, and should find his way into a lineup before long as the organization envisions a bench/platoon role for the outfielder as their answer to left-handed pitching.
NY Daily News | Gary Phillips ($): Cam Schlittler had one of the few minor injuries of note when spring camp opened, as the phenom starting pitcher worked through a back/lat issue. However, Aaron Boone noted the other day that Schlittler is expected to be ready for Opening Day, and the only consequence is that he likely won’t be fully built up to a regular starter’s workload by then. Instead, Schlittler will probably be capped around 70 pitches by then, as the team aims to get him back into a five-day routine soon and make his spring debut afterwards. The early schedule will aid their attempts to build Schlittler back up to form, but they’ll take everything they can get from the young flamethrower after seeing a taste of what he could offer last year.
FanGraphs | Jay Jaffe: The curious case of Jarren Duran’s 2025 season led Jaffe down a rabbit hole of examining players who had one terrific month that carried their year, and then eventually flipped that exercise around to examining consistency overall among the game’s stars. Aaron Judge gets a feature in here as an example of sheer unbelievable consistency, as his worst month of the year in 2025 dwarfed the worst months of all the other notable superstars in his stratosphere. Give it a read, it’s an interesting dive.
