The New York Yankees are just making all the efforts in order to have the best roster this season. Fans are very much excited about having the new captain as, Aaron Judge and finally hoping to see the trophy with the Yankees after 13 years. Meanwhile, several questions, like who will have the Starting big league shortstop in 2023, are still surrounding in minds.
Yankees manager Aaron Boone has already claimed that this year the team has the best roster that he has ever seen in his entire baseball career. In terms of having the best rotations, they have Aaron Judge, Carlos Rodon, and Anthony Rizzo. Isiah Kiner-Falefa, Gleyber Torres, DJ LeMahieu, and Oswald Peraza, among the mentioned players, had stints in the 2022 season. However, would they be able to shortstop this year? The Yankees manager has the answer.
There are some options available in front of the Bronx Bombers. They can choose in order to start the season with a bang. It has been a lot of confusion for the Yankees fans as they are curious to know which player will start the next season. Now that Oswald Peraza has been promoted to the majors, he is an exceptional case this year.
Meanwhile, the Yankees have some good rookies, too, this season. Like Anthony Volpe, who is most likely going to pave his way to the majors in 2024. Now, we are left with Kiner-Falefa as the veteran who has got little experience. Now instead of making assumptions by ourselves, let’s go to what the manager of the team says.
IKF, Capable Of The Shortstop For Yankees In 2023
According to Aaron Boone, there is no need to worry about who will have the shortstop because the Yankees already have a guy capable of the position. Boone says, “With IKF, we feel like Yankees have a guy capable of being a starting big-league shortstop.” So, indeed it is none other than Kiner-Falefa. With him, the Yankees are being positive about the best shortstop this season.
However, Kiner was not there on the team before. Probably, The Bombers made a great decision trading him with the Minnesota Twins in return for Josh Donaldson. However, not only Falefa, the manager has admitted that the team will let all three players shake out throughout the spring training.
Yet, the exact player for the shortstop has not been announced by Boone because Kiner still has some concerns about him. Like his defense, it is not that strong in front of the Houston Astros. But, soon Yankees will give a clear announcement, as Boone has claimed that the team is “obviously really excited about Volpe. So he might be in the thread too. Let’s see if it is Kiner Falefa or Anthony Volpe.