Isiah Kiner-Falefa, Oswald Peraza and Anthony Volpe will be part of the first full-team Yankees workout of 2023.
TAMPA — The competition that is not really a competition but is — of course — a competition that begins Monday. And all that is at stake is whether the Yankees botched the recent past and complicated their near future.
That was not exactly the best man wins. And that is why this is the competition that isn’t really a competition but is a competition. It will be a loss if Isiah Kiner-Falefa is the Yankees’ Opening Day starting shortstop, The Post’s Joel Sherman writes.That was the last time the Yankees went with a rookie as the regular at short. They should again this year. They should name Peraza because his defense projects as far superior to Kiner-Falefa’s and his offense almost certainly won’t be worse, plus he has more upper-level experience than Volpe, including a strong late-season MLB cameo last year.
Both Cashman and Aaron Boone posited that who starts at shortstop on Opening Day does not guarantee that status for the season, with Cashman saying, “Whoever wins it, in theory, will have to defend it all year.” So, you know, the opening to stick with a veteran, especially if Cashman doesn’t actually already know where he can trade Kiner-Falefa, Torres and maybe a chunk of Donaldson’s dollars. Anthony Volpe has played just 22 Triple-A games.
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