The New York Yankees started spring training with a position battle at the shortstop position, featuring Isiah Kiner-Falefa, Oswald Peraza, and Anthony Volpe.
When the Bombers acquired IKF from the Minnesota Twins last off-season, he was always meant to be a stopgap solution. His role as a long-term shortstop was always predicated on Volpe and Peraza making the leap to the MLB. Given Peraza replaced IKF last year in the postseason, it was only a matter of time before he completely took over, and the Yankees had to make a decision with the veteran infielder.
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Reports have indicated that Peraza has the shortstop job locked u.