Ex-Yankee Clint Frazier urges team to dump Anthony Volpe, Austin Wells: Stop relying on the bounceback player

Clint Frazier knows firsthand what it looks like when things don’t pan out with the Yankees — and now he’s urging the team to stop hoping for best-case scenarios.The former Yankees outfielder, who spent his first five MLB seasons in the Bronx, tore into the team for consistently relying on rebound campaigns from struggling players instead of seeking tangible upgrades.Join Post Sports+ for exciting subscriber-only features, including real-time texting with Greg Joyce about the inside buzz on the Yankees.

“Stop relying on the bounceback player,” Frazier said during his podcast, “Life After The Show,” on Wednesday.“If you’re hoping that players are going to bounce back versus being proactive and going out and spending on the players who might be able to take the positions of the guys you hope bounce back, I think you can move in a better direction,” he added.Frazier’s comments come on the heels of a quiet Winter Meetings for the Yankees who have yet to execute a signing or trade — while AL East rival Orioles signed slugger Pete Alonso and the Blue Jays acquired Dylan Cease.“I don’t know the formula the Yankees are navigating this winter; they keep saying we’ll see how the winter unfolds,” Frazier said.“The way it’s unfolding is that other teams are making moves.“Now, I know they got Ryan Yarbrough, they got Tim Hill, they got Trent Grisham.

But can you really say that the Yankees team looks that different? It feels like to me they’re holding on a lot to what 2025 was and hoping 2026 goes this way.”The 31-year-old last suited up in the majors with the White Sox in 2023 — but has been a vocal critic of the Yankees since the team cut him after the 2021 season.The former top prospect bashed the Yankees in June for having “too many rocket scientists” influencing decisions, while later saying the organization would not win the 2025 World Series because “they do dumbass s–t.”His comments even drew the ire of former t...