VOLPE REBORN! MORE CHICKEN PARM PLEASE!

Signs of life! It's about time. The Yankees have struggled since Aaron Judge went down with his toe injury earlier this month. We've all been waiting for someone to have a breakout moment, and I am hoping we just saw it in action and it continues.

Someone needs to pick this team up and get a streak going and Anthony Volpe may be that guy, surprisingly. Sometimes it is hard to see the rookie as that player to kickstart a sputtering team, but it just might be him! After an impressive spring training and start to the season, he's hit a wall recently. Baseball is all about consistency and making adjustments and it looks like he may have found a solution.

I don't know how to explain this, and honestly at this point I don't even care but it sounds like sometimes a little reminiscing with friends and comfort food can fix it all. I am hoping this is the case now, time will tell but you can read HERE about how watching old minor league video with former teammate Austin Wells helped him tweak his batting stance. So far, the tweaks have paid off. 

I am not sure who or what deserves al of the credit here, but sometimes it is proof that the smallest things can pull a rookie out of a slump. Some quality time with a buddy and a good chicken parm helped Volpe find his spark again and not supposed "experts" like hitting coach Dillon Lawson who is completely useless. 

I know there has been a lot of talk recently about sending Volpe down. Some think some time down in Triple-A will help but he's proving to everyone that he can make adjustments without the help of the Yankees so-called "leadership" and that is a guy I want to give every single opportunity to. He's resourceful and making the improvements that his coaches just can't identify. 

So give the guy some more chicken parm and let him work through it! He's doing more good than Aaron Boone and Lawson will ever be able to.

--Jeana Bellezza-Ochoa

BYB Senior Managing Editor

Twitter: @nyprincessj