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Aaron Boone's defense of Anthony Volpe's shortstop play hasn't wavered, even as the errors — all 13 of them, tied for the second most in the majors entering Monday — stacked together.
He remained adamant that Volpe is still a 'top shortstop' in a postgame news conference last week, a night when another Volpe error cost the Yankees against the Blue Jays. He ripped the 'over the top' criticism that the 24-year-old faced in a 'Talkin' Yanks' podcast last week, an episode which also featured his 'I-don't-care-what-you-want' rant when his team's effort was questioned.
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And while Boone's support — many times teetering between rational and delusional — 'means the world to Volpe,' he told The Post that 'I wish he didn't ever have to need to have my back.'
He has tried to have a 'healthy frustration' regarding what has gone wrong in the field. To keep working toward fixing it. To creating a scenario where, for the first time this season, Volpe's performances both at the plate and in the field consistently mirror what the Yankees envisioned.
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