If you thought the Yankees’ decision to keep Anthony Volpe out of the lineup on Sunday and Monday signaled some sort of shift in how the organization views the 24-year-old, think again.

“I view Anthony as our shortstop,” Aaron Boone said before the Yankees began a three-game series with the Nationals on Monday.

Volpe didn’t start in Sunday’s series finale against the Red Sox , but he did enter in the late innings as a defensive sub. Boone said to expect a similar entry in Monday’s game with José Caballero starting at short for the second straight game.

Volpe, now in his third season, had never been held out of two straight starting lineups in his career. Boone called the benching a “reset,” and Volpe is expected to start on Tuesday.

Boone, at times an unbelievably fierce defender of

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