Source: New York Post
Anthony Volpe began a rehab assignment Tuesday and did so with an immediate test against a fellow big leaguer: Phillies ace Zack Wheeler. Access the Yankees beat like never before Join Post Sports+ for exciting subscriber-only features, including real-time texting with Greg Joyce about the inside buzz on the Yankees. Try it free Of course, the results and matchups of Volpe’s rehab games are not as important as building up his workload as he finishes his comeback from October surgery to repair a torn labrum in his left shoulder, but facing Wheeler — who made another rehab start as he recovers from surgeries for a blood clot and thoracic outlet syndrome — offered little room for easing back into the batter’s box in his first game with Double-A Somerset.
