Yankees option Anthony Volpe to minors

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Yankees option Anthony Volpe to minors

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Yankees option Anthony Volpe to minors

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Yankees option Anthony Volpe to minors

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The Yankees have officially reached a decision on Anthony Volpe.

New York optioned the shortstop to Triple-A Scranton upon his activation from the IL on Sunday.

Sunday, of course, marked the 20th and final day on Volpe's minor league rehab assignment which is what led to the club having to make the difficult decision.

Aaron Boone said both pre- and postgame that they were still mulling it over.

While Volpe put together a strong showing on his road back from offseason shoulder surgery, Jose Caballero has been tremendous in all aspects of the game for the Yanks in his absence.

Caballero's hitting .259 with four homers, five doubles, 12 RBI, 13 stolen bases, and a .711 OPS.

“You also can't ignore that he's played so well defensively at shortstop, been a real spark for us offensively, especially after kind of getting off to a slow start probably the first 10 days, two weeks of the season,” Boone said. “He's really picked that up and been in the middle of us winning games.

“At the end of the day, we're going to try and do what's best for our team and then individual players that we care about too and know that are going to be important contributors to our team -- we weigh all that."