Anthony Volpe chats with media about his return to the big leagues

Added: 2026-05-14

[00:00:00]And then he just how excited are you to be back with this team? Um yeah, super pumped. Um Feels good to be back. Good feels good to see everyone and ready to go. How would you describe the start to the season for you coming back from the injury going through the rehab process, obviously the option just how would you kind of just describe the start?

[00:00:17]No, I'm ready to get going. This is my start, so um took a lot to get back to here, so now that I'm here, I'm just ready to go and take it from here.

[00:00:26]Jazz was very passionate today talking about how everything you went through last year, played almost the whole year injured and you know, what you did for the team and you never used that as an excuse and you got on the minors. Uh How tough was that now when you're looking back at what you went through last year and then to have to start the season down there?

[00:00:47]Um No, I mean what's happens happens. Um has happened and I put a lot of work to feel this good and come back.

[00:00:55]Um I'm just going to help this team, so um I've been able to process and and do everything and it's just back to work, back to um we have a really good club, so um feels good to be back and going to take it from here on out.

[00:01:10]Realize still getting your timing back for a stretch there once you started the rehab. It's only just how do you feel playing these last couple weeks?

[00:01:16]>> Uh I feel great. Um Yeah, the stuff that I'm trying to do and I'm working on and um feels healthy and it feels good to go, so um Yeah, it feels good to have your approach and you can just go and try to execute it. Some of the guys reached out to you. What what did that mean to you? I know Judge said he talked to you. Jazz said he did. What what did that mean that these guys here showed how much they cared about you when you were not here?

[00:01:41]Um that meant the world, honestly. Um cuz we we've been we went to war together for a a good amount of time.

[00:01:49]We've been through a lot. Um so for them to kind of um just make sure I'm good, make sure I'm still working and um make me feel like I'm part of it. Even when I wasn't um mental health.

[00:02:01]What was your reaction when they told you that you were going to stay in the minors after your rehab assignment?

[00:02:07]Um it was just I just had to take it and and go to work. Um I worked to get back here, so um I didn't know how long or how short or whatever, but um yeah, I just wanted to get to work.

[00:02:21]Saying he expected you to be probably more motivated than ever. Do you feel that way? Come back up.

[00:02:26]Um yeah, for sure.

[00:02:30]Why?

[00:02:32]I mean, for so many reasons. Um but we got we got a games to win and um we got a season to go, so I'm ready to go.

[00:02:43]Was it strange watching the team from the outside going, "Wait a minute, that's my team there, you know?" And just wanting to get back and and everything?

[00:02:50]Um yeah, I mean, throughout the whole process. Um even spring training, even early spring training, throughout everything. Um it sucked.

[00:02:58]Um I like to think I work really hard, so I don't ever put myself in that position again.

[00:03:05]Um but I got I got back here and I'm excited to go. Oswaldo was down there with you. Did Did you guys kind of lean on each other to talk things through the last couple of weeks? Um yeah, definitely. He's a I mean, you guys know him. He's the best of the best. I can't say enough good things, but um just having him there and his positivity and his perspective um it you can't have a bad day when you're sharing lockers with him.

[00:03:33]Renteria does expect Jose to resume starting duties at shortstop once he's back. Do you feel like you have an opportunity here to change their mind?

[00:03:42]Um I mean, if I learned anything out of all this, it's there's things I can control and things I can and we got a game tomorrow and I'm not that's what I'm focused on that.

[00:03:52]Throughout this whole thing it's been day-to-day by me how I could get better, how I can improve and that's all I'm focused on.

[00:03:58]Were you watching games keeping up while you were on rehab and seeing Uh no, I mean I I was trying to check who we were playing, so that was once I got to play that was the best part.