The New York Yankees crushed the Boston Red Sox on Friday night, but the biggest storyline wasn’t just the final scoreline.

Jose Caballero officially claimed the starting shortstop role, replacing Anthony Volpe, who has been battling through a torn labrum.

Volpe’s season derailed by injury woes

Anthony Volpe’s struggles this year have been glaring, and the labrum injury explains much of his steep decline.

The 24-year-old is hitting just .206/.268/.393, the worst offensive production of his career and far below league average.

Defensively, things haven’t been any better, as Volpe has committed 19 errors while ranking among the worst fielders in baseball.

At this point, his injury made continuing untenable, forcing the Yankees to finally make the tough decision to bench him.

Caballero

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