Anthony Volpe’s bat is heating up in Triple-A, and one Yankees teammate says the shortstop has been looking downright absurd at the plate.
Jasson Domínguez, who was recalled to the majors on Saturday after Trent Grisham went on the injured list with a right hamstring strain, had plenty to say about what he’s seen from Volpe lately with Scranton/Wilkes-Barre. “He became Barry Bonds, all the time, every day.
It's crazy,” Domínguez said, according to MLB.com's Bryan Hoch. “He's working his ass off to get better, and you can see it every day.”
That kind of comparison will turn heads, and plenty of fans will roll their eyes at the idea of Volpe conjuring images of MLB’s all-time home run king. But there’s no denying the 25-year-old has been crushing the ball during his recent run in the minors.
Volpe’s 2026 season has been a messy one overall. He got a late start after offseason shoulder surgery, then made it back to the Yankees in May.
In 56 games with New York, he hit .240 with a .325 on-base percentage and a .647 OPS, along with one home run, 19 RBIs and seven stolen bases. The Yankees later sent him down when George Lombard Jr. was called up for his MLB debut in August.
Since returning to Triple-A, Volpe has put up much better numbers. He’s hitting .268 with a .352 on-base percentage and an .882 OPS, plus 11 homers, 28 RBIs and 12 stolen bases. The power surge has been especially loud lately: he’s riding an eight-game hitting streak, has gone deep five times in his last six games for the RailRiders, and is batting .625 with three home runs in his first five Triple-A games in September.
Volpe’s latest tear has at least made the conversation interesting again. Whether it earns him another shot in the majors this year is still unclear, but right now he’s making plenty of noise in Scranton/Wilkes-Barre.
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