NEW YORK — New York Yankees designated hitter Giancarlo Stanton is predicted to return off the injured record Monday to make his season debut towards the Los Angeles Angels, sources confirmed to ESPN, giving the membership a surplus of lineup choices 70 video games into the season.
Stanton was sidelined by Sunday with tendon accidents in each of his elbows. He performed by ache within the joints in 2024, proper by the postseason, when he clubbed seven residence runs in 14 video games, however he was shut down from swinging a bat in January till late March.
He was eligible for reinstatement from the 60-day injured record in late Might, however the Yankees, not determined for offense and with a number of selections for DH, didn’t rush him again. As a substitute, the 35-year-old Stanton started a rehab task final week, showing in three video games for Double-A Somerset after an prolonged interval taking swings off machines and in dwell batting observe classes. He went 3-for-11 with a double, 4 RBI, a stroll, and three strikeouts for Somerset.
In the meantime, the Yankees offense has thrived with out the completed slugger whose 429 profession residence runs lead all lively gamers. The staff ranks second within the majors with a 123 wRC+ and .794 OPS with Ben Rice, Aaron Choose and Jasson Dominguez primarily biking by the DH spot.
That is the place issues grow to be difficult for the Yankees. Stanton’s return will, because it stands, current a day by day lineup puzzle for supervisor Aaron Boone to resolve — not solely within the DH slot, however within the outfield the place he has Choose plus three gamers (Dominguez, Cody Bellinger and Trent Grishman) for 2 spots (heart area and left area).
Final week, Boone instructed reporters that Rice might begin video games at catcher to alleviate the logjam and get his bat within the lineup extra usually. Rice, 26, was drafted as a catcher and spent most of his minor-league profession behind the plate, however he is but to make a begin at catcher for the Yankees since making his main league debut final season. Rice has tallied simply 6 ⅔ innings behind the plate within the majors.
Austin Wells and J.C. Escarra has up to now cut up the begins at catcher, with Wells beginning 52 of the staff’s 70 video games behind the dish.
SNY first reported the information of Stanton’s activation.
