Anthony Volpe has face-palm moment with ABS system as first batter of minor league game
Anthony Volpe is in a grind to get back to the big leagues, and his ABS performance Wednesday won't help his cause.The New York Yankees sent the shortstop to the minor leagues earlier this month to bring up top shortstop prospect George Lombard Jr. because Volpe has never quite hit the ground running as a former top prospect himself.Despite his struggles, Volpe had actually induced a healthy walk rate in his time with the big league club this season, but one would not think that given his first at-bat with Triple-A Scranton Wednesday.CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COMVolpe saw three straight balls to begin the game and then took what he thought was ball four.
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Anthony Volpe is in a grind to get back to the big leagues, and his ABS performance Wednesday won't help his cause.The New York Yankees sent the shortstop to the minor leagues earlier this month to bring up top shortstop prospect George Lombard Jr. because Volpe has never quite hit the ground running as a former top prospect himself.Despite his struggles, Volpe had actually induced a healthy walk rate in his time with the big league club this season, but one would not think that given his first at-bat with Triple-A Scranton Wednesday.CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COMVolpe saw three straight balls to begin the game and then took what he thought was ball four. It was called a strike, but Volpe challenged the call in hopes of getting on first base.He was wrong.The next pitch was an off-speed pitch that looked much more out of the zone than the previous pitch. But, given what had just occurred, he did not want to take the risk of losing both challenges at the start of the game.Well, that's exactly what he did on the next pitch.
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- Anthony Volpe is in a grind to get back to the big leagues, and his ABS performance Wednesday won't help his cause.The New York Yankees sent the shortstop to the minor leagues earlier this month to bring up top shortstop prospect George Lombard Jr. because Volpe has never quite hit the ground running as a former top prospect himself.Despite his struggles, Volpe had actually induced a healthy walk rate in his time with the big league club this season, but one would not think that given his first at-bat with Triple-A Scranton Wednesday.CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COMVolpe saw three straight balls to begin the game and then took what he thought was ball four.
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