Anthony Volpe will soon take the field at Yankee Stadium as the Opening Day shortstop with plenty of friends and family among the roaring crowd.
Some of those friends are from a place Volpe knows all too well. Brendan Kuty of The Athletic reported the Delbarton School canceled a planned scrimmage to attend Opening Day and watch Volpe. The prestigious New Jersey private school is where Volpe starred on the baseball team before getting drafted by the Yankees. Texas Rangers prospect Jack Leiter is also a Delbarton alum, as well as Volpe’s good friend.