2K23: Anthony Volpe

[revo]

It's looking more like hometown kid Anthony Volpe will win the Yankees' starting SS gig, beating out fellow rookie Oswald Peraza and incumbent Isiah Kiner-Falefa. But the projectors haven't caught up on this development yet, as only ZIPS has a full-season outlook for him.

His NFBC ADP has surged this week to 211, making him SS20, and he's gone as high as 120 in one draft. He hit .249/.342/.460 with 21 HRs and 50 SBs between AA & AAA last season.

If he keeps the job, which seems likely unless he dramatically fails to hit, what can we expect from Volpe?

[virgonomic]

Projecting over a full season would yield 65-17-65-25-.230

Double digit HR and 20 SB seem like locks, but that AVG...

[Sour Masher]

Projecting over a full season would yield 65-17-65-25-.230

Double digit HR and 20 SB seem like locks, but that AVG...

If he is close to unlucking his full potential, I think he can blow past those projections. It is hard to project a young, very talented player in their first year while they are still growing. It is probably wise not to pay for more than that stat line, but he is certainly capable of outperforming it.

[rhd]

RW reports both that Volpe has made the Yankees and that Peraza has been sent down. So Volpe evidently will be the opening day SS.