NEW YORK — On Tuesday afternoon, a few hours before a season-saving 11-4 victory in Game 4 of the World Series, New York Yankees manager Aaron Boone sounded a prophetic note about shortstop Anthony Volpe.
“I feel like we’re going to look up in a couple of years and see a really, really strong offensive player,” Boone said. “It doesn’t always happen in a meteoric rise for some people. But I feel like he’s moving the needle in a really good way.”
Boone serves as a font of optimism about his team. The words might have felt hollow at 5 p.