As the New York Yankees continued to roll to start the season, owning the best record in the American League after an 11-3 win on Sunday over the Baltimore Orioles, they had a big decision to make by the end of the day.

What should be done with shortstop Anthony Volpe, a polarizing figure among the fan base whose rehab assignment ended?

While Volpe was rehabbing from left shoulder surgery, Jose Caballero, who was acquired by the Yankees last season, has been doing more than just playing a serviceable shortstop. He’s been coming up in clutch positions as well as being a smooth glove at one of the most important positions on the diamond.

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As a result, the Yankees made the decision to have Volpe not re-join the team, but rather option the 25-year-old to the Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders.

“Caballero is playing the heck out of the position and playing really well,” Yankees manager Aaron Boone said prior to the Yankees’ win on Sunday, per ESPN. “That complicates it.”

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Caballero has been the Yankees’ primary shortstop across 34 games this season, and has done well with the regular at-bats, which usually come toward the bottom of the lineup. He is slashing .259/.306/.405 with a .711 OPS, four homers and 12 RBIs thus far.

Meanwhile, Volpe went 11-for-44 (.250) during his 13 rehab games in the minor leagues, which mostly came with the Double-A Somerset Patriots.

Volpe ended up getting shoulder surgery on Oct. 14, which came after the Yankees were eliminated from the MLB postseason by the Toronto Blue Jays, the team that won the American League pennant.

But the injury was one that bothered Volpe throughout the season. He received a cortisone shot in the shoulder during the All-Star break, and then once more on Sept. 10 after an aggravation of the injury.

Volpe went on to hit .212/.272/.391 with a .663 OPS across 153 games for New York, belting 19 homers and notching a career-high 72 RBIs. However, fans had problems with Volpe’s lack of consistency at shortstop, tallying 19 errors, which was third-most among big league players at the position.

Volpe was the Yankees’ first-round pick of the 2019 MLB Amateur Draft, and after finding fast success in the minor leagues, he debuted in 2023 as the team’s starting shortstop out of spring training.

After hitting 21 home runs, despite hitting just .209 with a .283 on-base percentage, the Yankees liked what they saw from their 22-year-old shortstop who was also named a Gold Glover that season.

This isn’t to say Volpe is going to spend the 2026 season outright in the minors, but the Yankees are not going to be switching things up as they remain hot.

In the meantime, Volpe will use his Triple-A at-bats and reps at shortstop to get right for when the Yankees eventually get him back in the bigs.

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“Yellowstone” fans are already saddling up for “Dutton Ranch,” with the new trailer for the upcoming spinoff series sparking a wave of excitement across social media.

“Dutton Ranch,” which will premiere on May 15, follows “Yellowstone’s” Beth Dutton (Kelly Reilly) and Rip Wheeler (Cole Hauser) as they leave Montana behind after the events of the flagship show’s finale.

On Thursday, Paramount+ released the latest trailer for “Dutton Ranch, which teased a new chapter for Beth and Rip as they try to start over in Texas, only to be pulled into a fresh wave of conflict, violence and high-stakes power struggles.

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As the trailer opened, an emotional Beth told Rip, “I miss him,” referring to her father, John Dutton III, (Kevin Costner), who was killed in “Yellowstone’s” fifth season.

“We brought the best part of your father with us,” Rip said as the camera panned to a cowboy hat and a photo of a younger John (Josh Lucas).

The trailer also featured Finn Little, who reprises his role as Beth and Rip’s adopted son Carter as well as new additions to the “Yellowstone” universe, Annette Bening and Ed Harris.

“Rio Paloma is a bit more complicated,” Bening, who plays Beulah Jackson, the head of a powerful Texas ranch, said in the trailer.

Meanwhile, Harris, who portrays veterinarian Everett McKinney, is seen flashing a smile in one scene and holding a rifle in another.

“No one understands what we done to protect this ranch,” Jai Courtney, who played Texas ranch foreman Rob-Will, said.

“I need you ready for the hard parts ’cause they’re coming,” Beth told Carter while loading a shotgun.

“Sounds like fun,” Carter replied.

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The teaser featured sweeping shots of Beth, Rip and Carter’s new life in Texas before ramping up into a fast-paced montage showing violent bar fights, flashes of fire and destruction, and what appeared to be a dead body being thrown off a cliff.

“A legacy is a beautiful thing but only if it survives,” Beth said as the trailer concluded.

Shortly after the trailer dropped, fans took to social media to share their reactions.

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“I do not have the words to properly express just how excited I am for this series,” one Instagam user wrote.

“This is going to be epic,” another added.

“Could not be more excited,” one fan commented was another chimed in, “I am way too ready for this!”

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“So excited this is going to be the best show I’ve ever watched in my entire life!!!!!” one social media user gushed.

“I am SO pumped for this,” another added.

“Did they find a new train station? Let’s GO!!!” wrote one fan, referring to the remote Wyoming cliffside from “Yellowstone” where the Dutton family and its allies disposed of enemies and bodies.

Fans also expressed their enthusiasm over seeing the return of Beth and Rip.

“The best couple in history is back again,” one Instagram user commented.

“Ohhh i’m abt to pass out, i’m so excited to have them back on my screen !!!!! my parents are back!” another added while another wrote, “Bring it on icons.”

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The official synopsis for “Dutton Ranch” reads, “As Beth and Rip fight to build a future together – far from the ghosts of Yellowstone – they collide with brutal new realities and a ruthless rival ranch that will stop at nothing to protect its empire.”

In South Texas, blood runs deeper, forgiveness is fleeting, and the cost of survival might just be your soul,” it added.

“Dutton Ranch” also stars Juan Pablo Raba, Jai Courtney, J.R. Villarreal, Marc Menchaca and Natalie Alyn Lind.

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While speaking with The Sunday Times in January, Reilly shed some light on what viewers can expect to see from Beth as her story continues.

“This is a different era – I had hit my quota of the younger Beth,” she said. “But there is a lot of why the audience fell in love with her. Beth was unrelenting, dangerous and could easily have been written as a man — people were very critical at the start..”

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Reilly shared her view that criticism of Beth was due to how the character defied audience expectations about how women “should” behave on screen.

“She is unapologetic, out there, flawed, damaged and brave,” Reilly said. “Women are always asked to play strong role model types, while men can play the gnarliest characters and get away with it.”

“That was very freeing,” she noted.

“Dutton Ranch” will premiere globally on Paramount+ on May 15, at 8pm ET/PT, with two episodes, and then weekly throughout the series’ nine-episode first season.