Volpe’s Return Puts Yankees Trust to the Test | Evan & Tiki

WFAN Daily

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3.8 • 794 Ratings

🗓️ 13 May 2026

⏱️ 22 minutes

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Summary

Evan Roberts and Tiki Barber react to a fascinating split in New York baseball, with Yankees fans uneasy about Anthony Volpe’s return while Mets fans rally around the arrival of A.J. Ewing. The Yankees’ shortstop situation becomes a test of whether Aaron Boone and Brian Cashman are truly operating differently this season.

The discussion centers on why Jose Caballero should keep the job when healthy, what Volpe’s role should be moving forward, and how Ewing’s debut instantly injected energy into a struggling Mets season. From patient at bats to a fan base desperate for hope, Ewing gave the Mets something worth watching.

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0:00.0	Either way, we're on the air until 1225.
0:02.5	The Yankee Oriole game was scheduled to be a night game, but the weather in Baltimore is frightful at night. It's supposed to rain. And we're seeing a lot of this now in Major League Baseball where teams look at the weather, and they actually change the start time 24 hours ahead of time or 36 hours ahead of time because that's the best shot to get the game in. Yeah. I love this for, I mean, it may be inconvenient for some of the fans, but I love it for Major League Baseball because it gives you ample time to make a decision. Well, it's smart. You're not sitting around for four hours waiting for the rain to stop. Yeah, see, I'm a big believer in doing this for rain. The Mets did it earlier this season for temperature,
0:53.2	which is what's cold enough, what's not cold enough. When it comes to rain, they're not going to play a game in rain. So if the Yankees and Orioles waited all night to start their 645 first pitch, and it was raining, and then they waited another three hours, you're spending the entire night waiting for rain to stop. Meanwhile, during the afternoon, and the weather's going to be nice.
0:53.5	Right.
0:56.5	So you still have time, Yankee fans to hop in the car and drive down 9-95 and check out Yankees Orioles, the rubber game of that three-game series. Or you can keep it right here. We'll keep you entertained all day. We'll take you up to the Yankee pre-game show. You'll hear the Yankee game. and then you'll get your regularly scheduled carton show with Big Mac soon after the Yankee game.
1:10.9	Speaking of the baseball,
1:12.2	it's funny how it works.
1:13.8	The Mets... get your regularly scheduled carton show with Big Mac soon after the Yankee game.
1:13.2	Speaking of the baseball, it's funny how it works.
1:16.1	The Mets called up a top prospect.
1:18.5	He made his major league debut yesterday.
1:19.5	We're all ecstatic.
1:23.7	The Yankees are calling up their former top prospect,
1:26.6	and Yankee fans are concerned like they saw the boogeyman.
1:27.5	Yeah, they're groaning.
1:32.9	It's like, oh, really? Let me start with the Yankee side of face. I'm actually excited for Anthony Volpey to give it another go, give it a shot to be who everybody thought he was going to
1:39.2	be. Again, I, as of Yankee, I'm not optimistic that it's going to be that way, but I'm excited for him.
1:45.2	I think for him, good for him.
1:47.3	Now, he didn't exactly go down and tear it up at AAA.
1:50.0	No.
1:50.2	He wasn't flawless down at AAA.
1:51.8	He didn't re-earn the opportunity.
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