New York Yankees slugger Giancarlo Stanton is anticipated to be activated off the injured checklist on Monday, supervisor Aaron Boone instructed reporters on Friday.
Stanton was positioned on the 10-day IL on June 23 with a strained left hamstring after injuring himself rounding third base throughout the Yankees’ 8-3 dwelling win over the Atlanta Braves the earlier evening.
The designated hitter has not been assigned any rehab video games, and Boone stated the staff will monitor Stanton over the weekend to verify the previous MVP is wholesome sufficient to return.
“He is just about performed every thing he must do,” Boone stated. “Now it is about constructing a little bit little bit of quantity.”
Stanton, 34, was batting .246 with 18 dwelling runs and 45 RBIs in 69 video games earlier than his ninth journey to the IL in seven seasons with New York.
Getting into Friday’s three-game collection opener in opposition to the Purple Sox in Boston, the Yankees have gone 8-17 whereas hitting .235 since Stanton’s newest harm. They trailed the first-place Baltimore Orioles by two video games within the American League East.
New York opens a three-game highway collection on Monday in opposition to the Philadelphia Phillies, who entered Friday with the foremost leagues’ finest document (64-38).
–Area Stage Media