{"id":62538,"date":"2023-09-22T12:00:31","date_gmt":"2023-09-22T16:00:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/?p=62538"},"modified":"2023-09-22T11:44:07","modified_gmt":"2023-09-22T15:44:07","slug":"volpe-rookie-year-jeter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2023\/09\/22\/volpe-rookie-year-jeter\/","title":{"rendered":"Yankees Rookie’s Season Is On Track With This Legend"},"content":{"rendered":"

A behind-the-scenes look at Anthony Volpe’s rookie year shows he is close to following Derek Jeter’s footsteps.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

Expectations<\/span><\/h3>\n

Anthony Volpe<\/span><\/a>\u00a0has had some big shoes to fill in his\u00a0<\/span>rookie year<\/span><\/a>. Not only was he expected to play SS for the most historic team in baseball, but he was hyped up to be the next coming of\u00a0<\/span>Derek Jeter<\/span><\/a>. You know, the one they call “Mr. November” or, quite simply, “The Captain”? The kid hadn’t even taken a professional at-bat, and fans were holding him to the standard of Jeter’s five World Series and Hall of Fame career.<\/span><\/p>\n

Those are some great expectations for anybody to have thrown on their shoulders, especially a 22-year-old kid. But Volpe accepted the challenge. He started chipping away at building his pinstripe legacy, and as the year wraps up, fans eagerly look over his stats to see how they compare to the Yankee great.<\/span><\/p>\n

And wouldn’t you know it, it’s right on track with Jeter’s.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span>The Numbers<\/span><\/h3>\n

Let’s take a moment to acknowledge Volpe’s rookie year is much better than people realize.<\/span><\/p>\n

Among all MLB shortstops, he is\u00a0<\/span>4th<\/span><\/a>\u00a0in DRS (12),\u00a0<\/span>6th<\/span><\/a>\u00a0in home runs (21) and triples (4),\u00a0<\/span>8th<\/span><\/a>\u00a0in stolen bases (24) and walks (50), and\u00a0<\/span>10th<\/span><\/a>\u00a0in RBI (60).<\/span><\/p>\n

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Anthony Volpe has more HR\u2019s then:<\/p>\n

– Dansby Swanson
\n– Xander Boegarts
\n– Carlos Correa
\n– Bo Bichette<\/p>\n

and more DRS then:<\/p>\n

– Francisco Lindor
\n– Gunnar Henderson
\n– Corey Seager
\n– Jeremy Pe\u00f1a<\/p>\n

Yet, I\u2019m told he\u2019s had a bad rookie year\u2026 pic.twitter.com\/P3YvsNjcOW<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 ZT\ud83d\uddfd (@NY_EvilEmpire) September 18, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n