Giancarlo Stanton has officially been activated from the 60-day injured list, the Yankees announced Wednesday. In order to open a spot on the 40-man roster, the Yankees placed Dellin Betances on the 60-day IL. Betances suffered a partial tear of his Achilles tendon in his first appearance of the 2019 season.
Stanton’s return to the lineup — he’s batting fifth and playing left field tonight — is a more-than-welcome sight for the injury-plagued Yankees. However, Stanton won’t play a full game tonight and will seemingly be eased back into the mix. Manager Aaron Boone told reporters that the slugger will play only four to five innings to get some at-bats under his belt (Twitter link via Bryan Hoch of MLB.com). Stanton could play a full game as a DH on Thursday, though.
While Stanton’s first year in the Bronx didn’t quite live up to the MVP standard he set in 2017, he nevertheless proved to be a force in the middle of a potent Yankees lineup. In 705 plate appearances (158 games) last season, Stanton hit .266/.343/.509 with 38 home runs, 34 doubles and a triple. He’s been limited to just nine games in 2019 thanks to a biceps strain and a knee strain, but he’ll now have a couple of weeks to ramp back up to game speed as the Yankees prepare for the American League Division Series. New York has lost Mike Tauchman for the season and isn’t likely to get Aaron Hicks back, either, so Stanton will be in line for regular work in left field with Brett Gardner lining up in center and Aaron Judge manning right field.
hopefully he can stay healthy. It would really help the outfield situation
Over/under on how long until he pulls some? Five games
2.5
I get that he’s been hurt all year but the guy did play 158 games last year. He’s not a glass cannon
that’s swings of the bat or bases run???
1.5 max. If they put him in the OF, he’s going back on the I.L. immediately
That sucks! Didn’t do a darn thing all year and now he’s ready to go? Make him Elsbury roommate permanently and eat the contract
I remember my first beer.
I want what supertrucker is mainlining
umm thats usually how injuries work. You get hurt, you rehab, you come back. What part of that is not being processed correctly?
Answer me this Crewbrew out of the three outfielders the Marlins traded who got the best deal? I will give you 3 guesses and the first 2 dont count lol
hahahaha thats a good one. Lets see: Yelich, Ozuna, Stanton in that order? lol
Thank doorknobs he refused to be traded to the Cardinals.
Why does it suck?
did you say the same thing about severino?
@supertrucker247
As a Yanks fan I’m so sick and tired with people and how they feel towards Stanton. I doubt Stanton is any kind of dog that doesn’t want to play. He hit 30 homers last year and that was a BAD year. Makes no sense and anyone who says the Yanks are better off without him are idiots. Yes, he has his flaws but this is also a guy that was the NL MVP two years ago and hit over 50. With Tauchman and Hicks out and who knows when EE will return we should be happy to have a hopefully healthy Stanton in the lineup.
*39 homers last year.
A yankee fan tired of people criticizing a yankee that underperforms. Get over it !!!
Over/under?
Over/under 75 years on the Tribe championship drought?
Yawn
Does Stanton last longer than 2 AB’s?
Hey Melch-Do you last longer than two posts without bashing Stanton?
When have I ever bashed Stanton? He is never around to bash.
You just did above?
I guess your condition prevented you from looking up.
Why don’t you go to Flushing next week and enjoy your favorite team. Take your goofy personality with you.
Wow, you considered that bashing? I guess it is in your snowflake world. I pictured Yankee fans to be a little tougher than that. Go find your safe place.
I’m tougher. That’s why I won’t let a foul mouth bully get the last word. Go pound sand or clamp your mouth. It’s time to move on dope.
Foul mouth? is “snowflake” a swear word now? Fist69, you sure gotta purdy mouth.
MLB has approved their request for 10 defensive players to reduce the injuries to their outfielders.
only those with hats made out of tin foil can block enough propaganda waves to come up with this big brain conclusion
I’m just enjoying watching Carl have a toss with Mike.
He’ll be hurt in a week ….
Put him in Left Field and leave him alone.
Get ready for Brett Gardners 1-15 Post Season Slump
pathetic