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Photo by New York Yankees/Getty Images Volpes promising spring; Stanton due for a second round of shots; Gil on the shelf three months; pegging the World Series favorites The Athletic | Chris Kirschner ($): Anthony Volpe seems to be giving up on his spray n pray approach from last year, swinging the bat harder in spring training than any other time in his career.

After two years of competing offensive approaches, both netting about the same overall output, it looks like Volpe has decided to focus on pounding line drives into the gaps.

Its been a mercurial two seasons for the Yankee shortstop, but hopefully this harder-swinging philosophy finally bears some fruit.New York Post | Greg Joyce: We got updates on the health of two key Yankees yesterday from GM Brian Cashman, with the first being that DH Giancarlo Stanton is getting a second round of PRP injections.

Platelet-rich plasma should help his injured elbows heal faster, but Cashman did acknowledge that surgery is an option at this point however he also stressed it was the last option.NJ.com | Max Goodman: Luis Gil is also on the shelf with a lat strain, the same type of injury that kept Clarke Schmidt on the IL for much of last season.

The right-hander underwent a second MRI and will be shut down from all throwing for six weeks.

Cashman was optimistic the reigning AL Rookie of the Year will return sometime over the summer, but building him up from there ahead of a postseason run will be a challenge.MLB.com | Will Leitch & Mike Petriello: We end with chuckin some darts at a stock page.

Two MLB beat writers draft the teams with the best World Series odds, and while the Yankees are a better option than many, very real concerns about the lineup stop them from being the odds-on favorites..

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