Did Fans Overhype Volpe?

Boomer & Gio

Audacy

Sports, News

4.2 • 707 Ratings

🗓️ 19 June 2025

⏱️ 11 minutes

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A caller is angry that the Yankees overhyped Volpe but Gio says that was more media-driven and all the team did was not trade him. Gio says fans can’t get too excited about what’s posted on social media and think that’s a team propping a player up.

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0:00.0	Mark, let's try again. What's up, Mark?
0:02.3	Hey, guys, what's up? Good morning. Good morning, Mark.
0:04.4	I'm going to work real fast. Hey, guys. Hey, listen, besides my many frustrations with the Yankees, it was, in the beginning, everything was going good. We're kind of back to where we were last year. But one thing I need to say, the Volpey project is over.
0:19.0	He's making errors.
0:22.3	He's caught stealing.
0:25.4	I think he's on year four now, or year three.
0:26.1	I think it's four.
0:26.8	Three, right?
0:28.6	It's a three or four?
0:30.0	It's not happening.
0:30.3	Yeah.
0:32.0	He's back in 235.
0:35.8	I mean, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, I hate to say it. I love him as a kid.
0:37.5	He's a bust.
0:38.7	And he's a bust.
0:40.5	And he's a bust.
0:40.7	And he frustrates me every time he's in a big spot.
0:43.4	He strikes out.
0:44.9	Hits into double play.
0:46.7	He's okay defensively.
0:48.7	He's not as good as advertised.
0:51.4	Like, you know how you have a guy that's great defensively but can hit or he's not good defense, you know, not good defensively but can hit?
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