Within the context of this year’s pennant race, in which the Yankees pulled back within three games of the Blue Jays on Ben Rice’s go-ahead, ninth-inning home run Tuesday night at Rogers Centre, Volpe has certainly become a talking point and a punching bag for parts of the fan base, and that likely will continue unless he gets hot at the plate.

This article was originally published on fansided.com as 3 shortstops the Yankees need to target to turn up the heat on Anthony Volpe.

The New York Yankees have fallen to four games back of the Toronto Blue Jays in the American League East following their loss on Monday night.