Sounds Like Boone Is Brainwashed When It Comes To Volpe

Anthony Volpe is not an elite shortstop.  We were lied to and fooled. There are people that can pull out analytics projections all they want. There are scouts out there that claim that he is, and to be honest, he might have been at some point in high school. But the kid never played college ball and was rushed to the major leagues and while the adrenaline was still high, Volpe made a nice run for himself in a major league uniform in his first year.  But now, it’s becoming clear, he’s a kid in a big uniform… and no, he is not elite.

And with his continuing slump both at the plate and in the field, the walls are closing in on the Yankees, Volpe and Aaron Boone, Volpe’s biggest brainwashed cheerleader. 

Michael Kay went off about the Boone love fest with Volpe. He pointed out the facts and still managed to expose Boone for being obsessed. I’ve said it once, I’ll say it again; I think Boone’s relationship with Volpe is downright weird. And finally people are seeing it too.

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Kay tells a story about how Meredith Marakovits asked Boone a question about if Volpe could have made the play when the ball was hit to him on his backhand side by Pete Alonso.  Boone said it was 50/50 and then Kay very alertly noticed that Boone was getting mad and Jason Zillo, the Yankees media relations guy decided to move things along and get Boone out of there. 

Well, this is where it gets truly bizarre. Boone got up to leave and he turned to Meredith Marakovits and mouthed the words, “He’s Fucking Elite.”  When Michael Kay revealed this, I fell off my chair. Boone actually thinks that this kid is good.  I mean, he’s not, but for some odd, and strange reason, Boone defends this kid like he’s the next Derek Jeter. It’s not only misguided, it’s crazy and delusional.

Then Kay says what needs to be said. For Boone to be continually angry about answering questions about how bad Anthony Volpe is is no good for anyone. And I’ll add to that… how about own the fact that this kid doesn’t have it and maybe, just maybe the Yankees and Aaron Boone are wrong about this kid!

As Kay says “Stop telling me he’s playing great!”

Volpe is what Volpe is, a kid of privilege that is in over his head and needs to be removed from the shortstop position for the New York Yankees… and while we don’t have a top shortstop to replace him, think about a way to get rid of this guy.  The trading deadline’s coming up, we have new shortstops waiting in the minor leagues… there are options.  But one thing Aaron Boone needs to stop doing is drooling over this kid that may have been a good shortstop 3 years ago but is now a .214 error maker.  

Trust me when I tell you, no team needs that, not even the Mets.

Aaron Boone is obsessed and brainwashed, and I have to tell you… that’s the other part about what’s wrong with this team.  A manager that is freaking clueless.  

Jeez.