Aaron Boone lays out his full Anthony Volpe defense on ‘The Show’

Outside noise and constant fan criticism don’t seem to be impacting Anthony Volpe. At least his manager doesn’t think so.

On Monday’s episode of “The Show” with Joel Sherman and Jon Heyman, Yankees skipper Aaron Boone said that despite his struggles, Volpe isn’t fazed by Yankees fans calling for him to be replaced.

“I see talent. I see a tough kid that works his butt off that’s not afraid of that noise,” Boone said.

“He (Volpe) hasn’t found the way to the level he expects yet and that we expect him to get to, but he’s also still a very young player who’s had a lot of real success.”

Volpe is hitting just .221 through four MLB seasons with nearly 500 strikeouts, but Boone is preaching patience and is optimistic about the 25-year-old shortstop’s long-term development.

“People have wanted to go faster or quicker or him to be at a higher level, but baseball isn’t always like that, and sometimes here we can run guys out kind of quick when it’s not as fast or expected as people wanted,” Boone added.

Yankees shortstop Anthony Volpe makes a throw against the Guardians on June 9, 2026. AP Photo/David Dermer

“How many times have we seen a first-round pick or a high prospect that comes up and has varying degrees of success or failures emerge at some point in their career?”

Volpe has career lows with a .190 batting average and .587 OPS with just one home run in 2026 after having offseason shoulder surgery

Still, Boone backed his shortstop and said 2026 has been an overall success for Volpe so far, even with a competition for playing time.

“This year so far, I think he’s (Volpe) played really well at short for us,” Boone said on the show. “There’s also real competition there (at shortstop). Like Jose Caballero is a real option… and playing well. I think that’s not necessarily a bad thing to have internal competition going on.”

In the Yankees’ 6-1 win over the Red Sox on Sunday, Boone said Volpe had a “good at-bat” despite flying out with the bases loaded in the fourth inning. The skipper said that the shortstop was still booed.

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Boone also said that the only time he thinks Volpe has truly struggled was defensively in June and July of last year, and that he still bounced back tremendously late in the season.

“If you’re being honest, you should acknowledge that in August and September, the defense was really good again and steady again,” Boone said of Volpe’s 2025.

Yankees manager Aaron Boone walks on the field during the team’s game against the Guardians on June 9, 2026. David Richard-Imagn Images

Boone still wants Volpe to be more consistent overall as his career progresses, and said the team’s job is to work with him to achieve that.

Volpe looks to help the Yankees to their fourth straight win and a sweep of the Guardians on Wednesday.

First pitch is at 1:10 p.m.