With DJ LeMahieu now off the roster, New York Yankees fans seem to be searching for another player to blame for the team’s offensive woes. It now appears that they have found their next target since he’s now in a slump: shortstop Anthony Volpe.

The Yankees’ list of needs before the July 31 trade deadline is growing by the day. Shortstop will not be one of them.

After earning a Gold Glove Award in his rookie season and batting .243 last year, Volpe is batting just .219 with a career-low .963 fielding percentage at shortstop this season. While the Yankees might have hoped for another positive step from the shortstop, he has seemed to take a step back in virtually every facet of the game.

NEW YORK — The reeling Yankees need Anthony Volpe to break out and live up to his lofty expectations, but the shortstop is busy having a disappointing third summer in pinstripes. With his 0-for-3 in Friday’s 6-5 loss to the Mets at Citi Field, the shortstop is now hitting .121 (8-for-66) in his last 19 games with 18 strikeouts.

What is Volpe in Year 3 with the Yankees? A complicated player to evaluate whose value is likely overstated internally.

Brian Cashman fully acknowledges Anthony Volpe's struggles during the first half. But the long-time Yankees GM has full faith in Volpe to snap out of it in the second half.

The father of Yankees shortstop Anthony Volpe yells obscenities at a Mets fan who was apparently criticizing his son during Subway Series

Entering Sunday, since June 21, Volpe has hit .136 with a home run, six RBIs and a .523 OPS in 13 games (52 plate appearances).