New York Yankees shortstop Anthony Volpe recently underwent surgery to repair a torn labrum in his left shoulder, first reported by Joel Sheman and Greg Joyce of the New York Post.

Volpe has been the subject of heavy scrutiny over the season, as Yankee fans have been frustrated with his performance.

He had suffered the injury back in May, but the Yankees continued to downplay the injury by  saying it wasn’t a hindrance to his performance.

Back in September, manager Aaron Boone doubled down that Volpe has been in fine shape all season.

“I feel like he’s in a good place physically,” Boone said. “With that being said, that’s been the case most of the year. So, he’s just got to focus on what he does up at the plate and put himself in position to make good swing decisions, and hopefully it clicks for him right away.”

Volpe initially reported that on May 3, that he felt a pop in his shoulder but kept playing through it.

At the time of the injury, Volpe’s batting average was .233, and he finished the season with a porous .212 average.

Yankees beat writer from The Athletic Chris Kirschner reported that back during the All Star break, Volpe had received a cortisone injection. Then in September, he re-aggravated the injury, forcing Jose Caballero to start for a few games.

After the 2024 season, where he built on his Gold Glove rookie year, there was hope for him to become a more complete player. The only problem is that he regressed greatly not just at the plate, but on the field.

His fielding separated him from the pack, but this season, posted career-low numbers.

In 2024, Baseball Savant graded him in the 94th percentile in Range, or Outs Above Average. This season? He was in the eighth percentile.

Not only that, last season, he was in the 87th percentile in Fielding Run Value, and in 2025, that dropped significantly to the 17th percentile.

Torn labrums usually take approximately four-to-six months to recover. Given that Volpe underwent surgery after the Yankees were eliminated from the playoffs against the Toronto Blue Jays, the earliest he can return is by spring training.

Yankees President and General Manager Brian Cashman believes that Volpe is the ideal option for the team to get back to where they need to be.

“He’s our shortstop,” Cashman said after the season. “I don’t forget where he was and what he was doing on the biggest stage of the game last October. Despite the twists and turns of how the season currently is playing out, a lot of season is left to be played. I am not counting him out. I know he’s going to be part of the solution.”

Regardless, it’s going to be a long and arduous rehab process for the New York native, and if he can’t perform at a high level even after the labrum repair, then it may be time for the pinstripes to move him elsewhere.