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Yankees Notes: Weaver, Stanton, Rice, Stroman, Volpe

By Mark Polishuk | June 7, 2025 at 1:21pm CDT

Yankees manager Aaron Boone provided the media (including the New York Post’s Greg Joyce and MLB.com’s Bryan Hoch) with injury updates on several players, including closer Luke Weaver.  A left hamstring strain sent Weaver to the 15-day injured list earlier this week and reports suggested Weaver would miss between 4-6 weeks, though the Yankees themselves didn’t announce a timeline.  While it is still very early in the recovery process, Weaver looks to be showing some progress, as he received a PRP injection in his hamstring and has resumed throwing in each of the last two days.

“[We] like the early stages of where he’s at and how he’s expressing to me how he feels,” Boone said of Weaver’s status.  “He’s pretty encouraged and optimistic considering the injury and the timeline with it. So hopefully he does better than that.”

While we won’t know more until (or if) the Yankees release a more concrete timeline for Weaver, it would obviously be great news for New York if the right-hander can return sooner rather than later.  Weaver has been excellent basically ever since the Yankees claimed him off waivers from the Mariners late in the 2023 season, and the reliever has become not just a high-leverage arm but a ninth-inning answer in each of the last two years.  The Yankees installed Weaver at closer when Clay Holmes ran into some struggles in 2024, and Weaver received more save situations this year in the wake of Devin Williams’ rough start.

Turning to the lineup, Giancarlo Stanton might finally be closing in on his first on-field action of 2025, as Boone suggested that “a rehab [assignment]’s in play next week.”  Stanton has been recovering from torn tendons in both elbows, and since these injuries cost him all of Spring Training, it has been a slow and gradual build as the slugger has gotten back into game shape.  His recent work at the Yankees’ spring complex in Tampa has included running drills and multiple live batting-practice sessions.

While Stanton will certainly require multiple rehab games to get him fully ramped up for a return to the majors, the exact length of his rehab stint is to be determined.  Since Stanton will be returning to a DH-only role, Boone previously said that Stanton may have something less than a standard rehab assignment, as Stanton will be focusing just on hitting rather than fielding work.  If the veteran feels his batting eye and timing are set, it could conceivably be a relatively short time in the minors for Stanton, with his health obviously also a factor.

Stanton is also expected to return to the majors in something less than a full-time capacity as the Yankees’ DH, both in order to ease him back into action and to allow Ben Rice to keep getting some time in the lineup.  Rice has cooled off significantly after a scorching start to the season, but he is still hitting .245/.330/.511 with 12 home runs over 209 plate appearances.  Most of that playing time has come as a designated hitter, but Rice has also made 10 appearances at first base and four appearances at catcher.

This will remain Rice’s positional usage once Stanton gets back, as SNY’s Andy Martino writes that the Yankees aren’t planning to use Rice as a third baseman.  Since Rice recently did some pregame fielding work at the hot corner, some speculation arose that the club might try to include Rice in its third base mix, but Martino poured cold water on that possibility.  The left-handed hitting Rice may find himself in something of a platoon with the right-handed hitting Stanton at DH, with Rice also occasionally spelling Paul Goldschmidt at first base and getting the odd game at catcher when Austin Wells or J.C. Escarra need a rest day.

Besides Stanton, Marcus Stroman may also be nearing a rehab assignment, though Boone said any decisions about Stroman’s next steps may wait until after the club sees how he fully recovers from his latest throwing session.  Stroman threw around 40 pitches over two innings of a live batting practice on Thursday, and told Boone in the immediate aftermath that his left knee was feeling good.

Inflammation in that left knee has kept Stroman from pitching in a big league game since April 11, though New York hasn’t yet moved Stroman from the 15-day IL to the 60-day IL.  It has been almost a month since Stroman’s throwing progression was shut down after more knee soreness surfaced after another live BP, so it is understandable why the Yankees are continuing to be cautious with the right-hander’s timeline after this most recent batting practice session.

It is also worth noting that Boone said Stroman will be built up as a starting pitcher, which means Stroman will be returning to his preferred role.  Early-season injuries elsewhere in New York’s rotation ensured Stroman would indeed be beginning the year as a starter once more, before his own knee issue created another hole in the starting five.  Despite the absences of Gerrit Cole, Luis Gil, and Stroman, the Yankees’ starters have remained one of the better rotations in the league, as Will Warren and especially swingman Ryan Yarbrough have been quite capable fill-ins.

Amidst all of these injuries, the Yankees seem to have dodged another bullet yesterday when scans came back negative on Anthony Volpe’s left elbow.  The shortstop was hit in the elbow by a Walker Buehler changeup in the second inning of New York’s 9-6 win over Boston, and Volpe stayed in the game until the top of the fourth.  Volpe is day-to-day for now and may be able to avoid an IL stint if the swelling and discomfort lessens in short order.

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31 Comments

  1. dasit

    1 week ago

    silver lining to weaver going down is getting cruz/lasagna/williams more experience in crunch time. they’ll need all 3 to make a postseason run

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    • FrankS3

      1 week ago

      Lasagna? Delicioso!

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      • dasit

        1 week ago

        can’t spell the guy’s name to save my life 🙂

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    • YankeesBleacherCreature

      1 week ago

      Both DWill and Lasagna have heavily pitched in high leverage situations in the past. Lasagna only needs the reps.

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      • dasit

        1 week ago

        yep lasagna shakes off the rust
        williams shakes off the nerves

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  2. CravenMoorehead

    1 week ago

    Hopefully Cousins can come back soon and pitch effectively. He’s an overlooked piece of that bullpen.

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    • YankeesBleacherCreature

      1 week ago

      JT Brubaker may be coming back sooner than Cousins.

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      • CravenMoorehead

        1 week ago

        With Yarbrough raising eyebrows it’s going to be interesting to see what happens with the rotation. Gil probably won’t be back until July so we’ll see where “IMA STARTER” Stroman ends up.

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        • CravenMoorehead

          1 week ago

          Also, Ian Hamilton is hot garbage

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        • YankeesBleacherCreature

          1 week ago

          Lol. I was about to write Yarbs will regress before the game.

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          Reply
        • CravenMoorehead

          1 week ago

          Awful pitching yesterday. Even Crochet looked shaky

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      • Nettles 9

        1 week ago

        Good point, he is ahead of Cousins in rehab innings pitched. They seem to be getting his pitch counts up, perhaps not starter level, but a long man. I guess it can not hurt to build him up as a starter just in case he’s needed in that role, although I have been preferring Winans as the next guy up. Check out his numbers and game logs. Every single game is good-to-great. He’s already on the 40.

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      • Ok Yankees Fan

        6 days ago

        JT will put us over the top!!!

        Reply
  3. WadeBoggsWildRide

    1 week ago

    Stanton is an awful expensive RH platoon DH.

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    • Acoss1331

      1 week ago

      He is but he’s usually good for 100-120 games a year, and he shows up for the playoffs.

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      • WadeBoggsWildRide

        1 week ago

        I just meant expensive the way they are saying they want to play him now. If Ben Rice is hitting against eighties there aren’t many at bats for Stanton.

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        • StudWinfield

          1 week ago

          Goldy is below average vs. rhp plus he’s not starting 150+ games at 37. Rice rotating from 1b, DH and C will provide plenty of ab’s for him and Stanton. I don’t think Stanton would DH everyday even there was no competition for ab’s. They’ll want him as healthy as possible come August/September.

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      • cooperhill

        1 week ago

        Biggest marshmallow in MLB!

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    • StudWinfield

      1 week ago

      It would have been great if he was healthier in his prime years. At this point, managing around the tail years of his contract is no different than every other star player who’s signed to a massive long term deal. If you’re on a winning team you’re going to lose ab’s (or ip’s) to better players.

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    • dasit

      1 week ago

      i’d rather have stanton than story. red sox still owe him 69M and he’s so cooked he makes djlm look like steak tartare

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      • WadeBoggsWildRide

        1 week ago

        Nice.

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        • dasit

          1 week ago

          cheap shot sorry
          can’t believe how old he looks for 32

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        • WadeBoggsWildRide

          1 week ago

          Oh no I meant nice zinger. I respect you more for saying it.

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  4. YankeesBleacherCreature

    1 week ago

    Dose up Luke whatever they gave Jazz.

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    • larkraxm

      1 week ago

      I’m not sure that you can bottle whatever Jazz is on! He said that he would not be out too long!

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    • Acoss1331

      1 week ago

      Get a bottle of water and label it “Jazz’s secret stuff” and give it to Weaver. It worked in Space Jam lol

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  5. Keena

    1 week ago

    BREAKING NEWS: Giancarlo Stanton nicked himself shaving this morning, and will be shut down for the rest of the season. The best news the New York Yankees have received in years.

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    • dasit

      1 week ago

      i almost upvoted this post for its freshness and originality

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      • WadeBoggsWildRide

        1 week ago

        I wasn’t feeling too fresh when I read it but now it’s like a mountain breeze down there.

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  6. fishco

    1 week ago

    Stanton didn’t tear his tendons. He has bilateral lateral epicondylitits. Better known as tennis elbow

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  7. rudymay45

    7 days ago

    Marcus should be released as soon as his rehab is done. Yanks no longer have to worry about the 2026 option and he has little, if anything, left to offer. No need to waste a roster spot on him.

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