The New York Yankees have been on a roll, winning 11 of their last 14 to turn around what had looked like a season slipping away. They are riding the first-place Toronto Blue Jays' tail, just two games out in the American League East, and are clinging to a one-game lead over the Boston Red Sox for the top AL Wild Card spot.

But ahead of six crucial games — three against the AL Central-leading Detroit Tigers starting Tuesday, followed by a trip to Fenway Park for the final three meetings of the year with the Red Sox — the Yankees still have a serious problem.

That problem's name is Anthony Volpe.

The third-year shortstop is essentially a hometown kid, from Morristown, New Jersey, less than an hour west of Yankee Stadium .

Volpe was the Yankees first-round draft pick, 30th overall,

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