Yankees outfielder Giancarlo Stanton has continued to rehab his injured calf during the coronavirus hiatus. Since last we checked in, it seems he has made significant progress.
In comments to Meredith Marakovits on YES Network, Yanks manager Aaron Boone indicated that Stanton is more or less back to full speed. (Via MLB.com’s Bryan Hoch, on Twitter.) Per Boone, Stanton would “probably be ready to go” if spring contests were still on the schedule.
It remains to be seen just when Stanton will actually have a chance to re-take the field. But it’s certainly good to hear that he has improved so much even without any need for urgency.
Stanton had been expected to miss Opening Day but will now be expected to suit up when the sport finally restarts. Of course, that presumes he’ll be able to avoid any further injuries while working out during the layoff. Stanton dealt with a series of maladies in 2019, ultimately appearing in only 18 contests.
Let me know when there’s an update on Giancarlo Stanton’s calf’s injury.
Pay Ellsbury his money!
…. ok?
He’ll probably pull something when he gets on the field. Rusty. Handle with care.
He will have a full year to rest, not going to be a 2020 season
Wrong
He’s right tho
And Magnum, you have inside info from MLB or more importantly the Federal Government on this?
What’s the matter…..was this going to be the Padres “big year”?
Every year is the Padres year only our year tends to be over by mid-May.
Sorry dude, odds are not great for a 2020 season right now. I am still hoping for a JULY 4th opening day but that is looking very optimistic right now
Although it seems a lot has happened, it has only been 7 days since Mannfred had his conference call to delay OD. Not saying the season will open earlier than 7/7 but it’s only been 1 week, it’s way too early to tell. Coronavirus is obviously not influenza but you’d have to think the warming of the seasons will have a similar effect on the virus. It helped the SARS outbreak in 2004. Add 3-4 weeks of SIP protocol to rapidly warming weather and I think we take a massive step forward. We should draw up an OD betting chart grid, maybe take inspiration from your favorite SB betting squares?
Unlikely to even have a full NFL season. No hope for baseball at all for 2020.
You’re an idiot. I bet you bought a ton of toilet paper and think wearing a mask outside helps you. Sheep.
Cashman: Take another week off, Giancarlo. We need you back at complete full speed when you can GO.
Hell pull a hammy running into field 1st spring training workout. Modern day Griffey, all talent in world but fragile as glass.
Junior doesn’t hit 500HRs being made of glass. Juan Gonzalez, though…
Do u not remember after he left seattle?
@davengmusic
630. Amazing. He missed, on average, 41 games a year across his 22 seasons. He would easily be in contention with Ruth, Aaron and Bonds in for top 3 all-time.
@dpsmith22
And honestly, unless there’s hard core evidence I canlt believe that he was a steroids user. No evidence so why sully his name?
100
its called steroids.
@dpsmith22 Wrong
Ricky, you dont know baseball, that is apparent with your Griffey comment so I dont know why I bother.. but I’m on lockdown, so I have time.. Griffey played a huuuge portion of his career on the rock hard surface of the Kingdome. And since he was able to cover more ground than anyone except maybe Andruw Jones, he put a lot of hard unforgiving miles on the knees jetting across the turf. Nobody’s body could have withstood that type of abuse.
Guys who came off the juice remain brittle.
Griffey got hurt playing without regard for his body running into walls. Stanton seems to get hurt doing normal activities. Big difference.
Don’t these lame injury “jokes” get tiring for some of you guys? If every injury-prone, highly-paid player not on the team you root for is on the shelf, doesn’t that diminish the overall quality of product on the field? Which also means less entertainment value for the viewing audience? Would you be happy only watching your team playing AAAA/AAA teams?
Bill James the Godfather of analytics says “Yes”
At first everyone was like wtf is he talking about-
I think he went a cut deeper than most of us thought at that time and it has more to do with the fan than actual said players or abilities
Interesting read for anybody willing to have an open mind about the situation
If there even is a season, it will be so abbreviated as to make a postseason virtually pointless. At least it can be an opportunity for the perpetually wounded to get some time off. Honestly, they could play meaningless games in August and September and we would just be happy to watch sports again. Don’t be surprised if the whole thing falls by the wayside. The precedent is doing everything he can to make this worse than it has to be so he can be on TV every day telling us how great of a job he is doing. Complete hogwash.
For once you and I are in complete agreement.
Stanton was an injury waiting to happen. How many years does he have left…….the next Ellsbury
Such a shame but sooo glad the Dodgers didnt jump on Stanton when he was avaliable even tho I thought they should go get the homegrown smasher. Why did the yanks trade for him, they proved last season that they dont need him to win. Hes so strong and muscular but very fragile keeps having lower half injuries and those could be career nagging injuries. So far that 13 yr contract is not looking so good as he is only gonna get older and more injury prone.
Stanton will be the resin that the next CBA will include provisions for injury settlement contract buyouts.
**reason
The same people doubting there will be a season are the same idiots who go out and buy 100 rolls of toilet paper and 20 bottles of hand sanitizer.
You know where to find TP or sanitizer?
Yeah. Trader joes
100 rolls of TP & 20 bottles of hand sanitizer have a longer shelf life the Stanton.
Cant argue that
So is Stanton the next Ellsbury?
Great for him ……not so good for the Yankees. Those long contracts are bad for baseball and fans who have to pay through higher price tickets.
Ticket prices have little to nothing to do with contracts – granted, a team with more revenue gives out more big contracts, BUT, they don’t give out contracts as a justification for raising ticket prices.
Teams hire smart people to study and project maximum revenues.
Example: you may sell every ticket (40k units) an avg price including concessions of $20 per head. Thats 800k revenue. But, expenses to handle 40k guests may cost you 80k. Net is 720k for the game.
Or, you sell 30k tickets at $30 per head. That’s 900k revenue, and expenses drop to 60k. Now you realize a net of $840k.
They’ve invest money in learning where the maximum yield on the curve is, which may not coincide with selling the most tickets.
Until people stop paying and the yield curve shifts, ticket prices will remain high.
You’re not all that familiar with Yankee ticket prices are you lol?
Everything second level infield is 325 face.
The close ones are 900 each.
Its beyond ridiculous.
That’s because people will pay it, not because it’s necessary to cover the costos contracts. If NYY slashed payroll to $60mm next year, ticket prices would not go down.
@fivetwos I think AtlSoxFan knows what he’s talking about. The pricing is ridiculous for you and I but there are people willing to pay that amount. You see all those empty seats behind YS homeplate? Sure they could lower prices and fill those seats but they don’t have to. The make the same amount of money by not selling all of them out. The old YS capacity was 57.5 k. The new one is 54.2 k. That is by design to make more money. than the old.
Yes Mr. Atlanta does NOT understand economics. Being retired at 55 years old and a financial advisor, if ticket prices were lower more young people would be at the games and MLB would not be so worried about the future of the game. I know many many many people who have stopped going to games because the price of the tickets. If the owners pay a higher price for salaries than what they take in revenue from tv and tickets they will raise the ticket prices rather than take the loss. It is just like restaurants, after the $15 per hour was enacted for their employees, raising price and passing the cost on to the customers.
Baseball does not have popularity it once had. As baby boomers move from working to social security and their disposable income drops, it will be interesting to see what happens to attendance and revenue. Maybe that’s why MLB is trying so hard to speed up the games and make changes to increase its popularity.
@4WS So you should have a full grasp of the dynamics of equilibrium pricing?
The seats themselves may be empty, during play, but they are sold.
Theres an amazing all you can eat spread with lobster, crab legs, shrimp, lamb, prime rib, oysters and every other thing you can imagine.
They are all hanging out in there. Not at all worth 900 a pop to the average person, but it’s all NY corporate types.
What amazes me are the seats that arent all that close to the field for 325 each. They are for the most part sold out on a full season basis.
I have no idea how.
“We are one more setback from getting G on the field”
Isn’t it more like he will be ready for the opening day and that day only?
I am a Yankee fan and this guy should be treated like Ellsbury, pay him but don’t play him. He is rich a fragile like glass. I am over him
Lol such drama
People are still out there mingling with others. Literally no chance the season gets off the ground. Just tack on another year to the back end of Stanton’s contract.
The Yankees won’t get there year back…Guaranteed contracts are guaranteed contracts in the MLBPA is one of the strongest unions in the country
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It’s really exciting that the new Yankee conditioning and development department has this extra time to work with players at a time when they have a lot of time to focus on a structured work out regimen.
The seats themselves may be empty, during play, but they are sold.
Theres an amazing all you can eat spread with lobster, crab legs, shrimp, lamb, prime rib, oysters and every other thing you can imagine.
They are all hanging out in there. Not at all worth 900 a pop to the average person, but it’s all NY corporate types.
What amazes me are the seats that arent all that close to the field for 325 each. They are for the most part sold out on a full season basis.
I have no idea how.