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New York Yankees shortstop Anthony Volpe is slowly becoming a star in MLB.
Even though he had a 21-game hitting streak snapped on Thursday, he has been stellar this season with a .283/.354/.435 line, nine doubles, four triples, six home runs, 11 stolen bases, and a .789 OPS.
He has been everything the Yankees have hoped for and more.
One of his most telling stats, however, is the number of runs he has scored.
To date, he has crossed home plate safely 38 times, one of the top numbers in the American League.
A big reason to explain that stat is because he hits leadoff on the Yanks, in front of Juan Soto and Aaron Judge.
Speaking of Soto and Judge, Volpe had high praise for them, per MLB.
The duo of Aaron Judge and Juan Soto has been as good as advertised https://t.co/NHBJaOcV7E pic.twitter.com/2aFJUreNw5
— MLB (@MLB) May 31, 2024
Volpe said he is hitting in front of “the two best hitters in the world”, and he might not be far from the truth.
Of course, Shohei Ohtani still exists and plays for the Los Angeles Dodgers, but Judge and Soto have been arguably better and if not, they have been just as good as Ohtani.
Soto, in his first season in pinstripes, is slashing an incredible .312/.415/.584 with 15 home runs, 49 RBI, and a .999 OPS.
Judge, on the other hand, overcame a slow start and is now at .273/.403/.617 with 19 home runs, 41 RBI, and a league-leading 1.020 OPS.
We are, in case you hadn’t looked at the calendar, still in May and these two monsters are already approaching 50 RBI and 20 home runs.
The Yankees are in for a very successful year if these three stars keep up what they are doing.
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