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NYY • DH
4 days ago
Stanton’s two homers traveled a combined 826 feet, according to Statcast. The 36-year-old veteran slugger’s fantasy appeal is strictly limited to deeper mixed leagues given his well-documented injury history and power plus counting stats profile. He’s still capable of unleashing the occasional gargantuan homer but he hasn’t topped 115 games in a half-decade, which limits his realistic full-season projection to somewhere in the 25-30 range.
NYY • DH
6 days ago
Stanton did his damage off of Jose Urquidy leading off the second inning, clobbering an 0-1 cutter for a 424-foot (109.5 mph EV) solo shot to open the scoring in the ballgame. The 36-year-old slugger also singled in the contest, finishing the night 2-for-3. For the spring, he’s hitting .250 (2-for-8) through his first three games.
NYY • DH
12 days ago
Stanton is still working through his tennis elbow injury — something that is going to likely be an issue for the rest of his career — but it’s encouraging to see him in the lineup relatively early in the Grapefruit League. When healthy, Stanton still offers significant power production potential, but he’s essentially a lock to miss significant time on the injured list at this stage.
Source: Bryan Hoch
NYY • DH
17 days ago
“I can’t open a bottle,” Stanton said. “I can’t open a bag of chips … a bag of anything. That’s the way it is.” He plans to continue to play through the pain. Obviously, as he’s played just 582 of 1,032 Yankees regular season games since 2019, fantasy managers know what they are getting into at this point. Stanton will almost certainly continue to miss plenty of time this year, even though he has said he wants to play a full season.
Source: Newark-Star Ledger
NYY • DH
6 months ago
Like clockwork, Stanton is red-hot just in time for the postseason. He smacked his first home run to put his Yankees on top in the first inning and then demolished a 451 foot no-doubter two frames later. On a per at-bat basis, he’s been one of the best hitters in baseball season with a .926 OPS and 23 long balls in just 242 AB. That’s better than a 50-homer pace for the 35-year-old slugger who still clearly has a lot left in the tank.
NYY • DH
6 months ago
Stanton came up with the bases loaded in the fifth inning and hit a ground ball past the third baseman. The 35-year-old DH has 10 RBI over his last seven games. Stanton is hitting .264 with a .901 OPS and 59 RBI this year.
NYY • DH
6 months ago
Stanton capped off the scoring in the ballgame with a two-run double in the seventh inning that extended the Yankees’ lead to 7-0. He continues to be extremely productive in the middle of the Yankees’ lineup, slashing .270/.340/.572 with 20 homers and 53 RBI in just 222 plate appearances.
NYY • DH
6 months ago
Stanton plated Aaron Judge with a sacrifice fly in the top half of the first inning to increase the Yankees’ early lead to 2-0. He then capped off a four-run second inning with an RBI single. The 35-year-old slugger is having a terrific season, slashing .271/.342/.573 with 20 homers and 51 RBI in only 244 plate appearances.
NYY • DH
6 months ago
Stanton did his damage in the third inning, crushing a 3-2 slider from Sawyer Gipson-Long for a 429-foot (108.9 mph EV) solo shot that increased the Yankees’ advantage to 5-1. That would be Stanton’s only hit in five at-bats on the evening while striking out three times. For the season, the 35-year-old slugger is hitting an impactful .271/.345/.596 with 20 homers and 49 RBI in only 203 plate appearances. It’s the 14th time in his career — and the fifth consecutive season — in which Stanton has clubbed 20 or more long balls.
NYY • DH
6 months ago
There’s turning back the clock, and then there’s whatever Stanton is doing this season. He has 19 home runs in just 59 games with a .987 OPS. His solo shot in this game was the only run Kevin Gausman gave up and Stanton hit it at an obscene 112.7 mph. This is an elite power hitter that looks like he hasn’t missed a beat and suddenly started seven of the Yankees’ last eight games after being stuck in a part-time role for most of this season.
NYY • DH
6 months ago
This will be the first time Stanton has played left field since September 14, 2023, in Boston. While the Astros’ left field is shorter because of the Crawford Boxes, that can also make it harder to navigate and judge balls off the wall. The Yankees need to keep playing Stanton in the outfield because Aaron Judge is “getting close” to playing the field, but the team still doesn’t have a set date for when that will happen.
Source: Talkin’ Yanks
NYY • DH
7 months ago
Trent Grisham finds himself on the bench with Coby Bellinger patrolling center field and Giancarlo Stanton in right field for the fourth time in the last six games.
Source: MLB.com
NYY • DH
7 months ago
Stanton will get a breather after struggling in the first two games of the series (0-7, 3 SO). The 35-year-old slugger will take a break with Aaron Judge against the DH and Jasson Dominguez, Trent Grisham and Cody Bellinger working left to right in the outfield.
Source: New York Yankees
NYY • DH
7 months ago
No day game after a night game for Stanton, who is being treated like a catcher since being forced to play the outfield by Aaron Judge’s injury. Jasson Domínguez is playing left field today, with Cody Bellinger sliding over to right.
NYY • DH
7 months ago
It’s Stanton’s eighth career five-RBI game and second in which he’s collected five while driving in all of his team’s runs; the other occasion was on July 5, 2016 against the Mets, back when he was still with the Marlins. Stanton now has 46 RBI in 51 games this season, which is easily his best rate since his final year in Miami in 2017.
NYY • DH
7 months ago
Stanton led off the second inning with a single off of Dustin May and then rode home on a two-run shot by Jazz Chisholm Jr. The 35-year-old slugger then led off the fourth inning with a double and scored on a sacrifice fly off the bat of Jose Caballero. Stanton has been absolutely sizzling at the plate and is now slashing .306/.383/.638 with 16 homers and 41 RBI in just 180 plate appearances for the Yankees this season.
NYY • DH
7 months ago
It’s been a minute since Stanton was asked to patrol right field on a regular basis so the Yankees are understandably approaching his workload cautiously. However, they desperately need his bat in the lineup at this juncture as they’ve dropped three straight games to fall behind the Red Sox in the AL East standings.
Source: MLB.com
NYY • DH
7 months ago
Stanton’s fourth-inning homer — his 16th round-tripper of the season — came against Boston ace Garrett Crochet represented New York’s lone tally in a one-sided contest that got completely out of hand by the late stages.
NYY • DH
7 months ago
Stanton remains stapled to New York’s bench for the sixth time in the last eight games with Aaron Judge limited to DH due to an elbow issue. It’ll be Cody Bellinger and Jasson Domínguez in the outfield corners with Trent Grisham patrolling center field. It’s a frustrating situation for fantasy managers, but it’s likely the correct approach here by the Yankees not to push Stanton too much from a physical standpoint by having him play right field on an everyday basis.
Source: MLB.com
NYY • DH
7 months ago
As a team, the Yankees crushed nine home runs in the ballgame, with Stanton, Cody Bellinger and Jose Caballero each leaving the yard twice while Aaron Judge, Jazz Chisholm Jr. and Ben Rice got into the fun as well. Stanton hit the third of three consecutive home runs off of Shane Baz in the opening inning, with his 386-foot (104.4 mph EV) increasing their early lead to 3-0. He then tagged Ian Seymour for a 376-foot (103.4 mph EV) three-run shot in the fourth inning that made it a 9-2 ballgame. On the season, the 35-year-old slugger is hitting an impressive .306/.386/.619 with 14 homers and 38 RBI in only 166 plate appearances.
NYY • DH
7 months ago
Someone seems to be enjoying playing the outfield. Stanton had the three hardest-hit balls of the game tonight in the form of a 114.7-mph double, the 113.9-mph homer and a 110.8-mph single. Stanton’s second homer in two days with the 441st of his career, moving him out of a tie with Jason Giambi and leaving him all alone in 44th place on the all-time list.
NYY • DH
7 months ago
Stanton had exactly one hit in each of his previous nine starts, so he ruined that streak tonight. He’s up to 31 RBI in just 151 plate appearances this season, which is a nice improvement over what he’s done in recent years. He averaged one RBI every 6.3 plate appearances while posting a .744 OPS from 2022-24. He’s at one RBI every 4.9 plate appearances right now, and he has a .910 OPS.
NYY • DH
7 months ago
He’s batting cleanup tonight. Jasson Domínguez is sitting, just as he did Saturday. The Yankees are also starting Ben Rice at catcher and Paul Goldschmidt at first base, meaning Austin Wells is on the bench,
NYY • DH
7 months ago
Stanton takes a seat after making his first appearance in the outfield earlier this weekend since the late stages of the 2023 season. The 35-year-old’s playing time is going to be slashed over the final seven weeks with Aaron Judge limited to DH as he recovers from a flexor strain in his right elbow. It’ll be Cody Bellinger in right field on Sunday afternoon with Trent Grisham patrolling center field and Jasson Domínguez in the opposite corner.
Source: MLB.com
NYY • DH
7 months ago
Stanton returns to New York’s lineup after remaining stapled to the bench for three consecutive contests with Aaron Judge limited to DH in his return from an elbow injury. The 35-year-old’s stratospheric over-the-fence pop remains firmly intact, but it’s uncertain how he’ll hold up from a physical standpoint over the final seven-plus weeks now that he’s back in the outfield. The other wrinkle in Saturday’s lineup is Ben Rice drawing another start at catcher with Paul Goldschmidt at first base.
Source: MLB.com
NYY • DH
7 months ago
It will be Stanton’s first game in the outfield since the 2023 season. He has been relegated to the bench since Monday as Aaron Judge has been serving as the club’s designated hitter since his return from the injured list. We’ll see if he’s passable enough out there to see regular playing time.
Source: Pete Caldera
NYY • DH
7 months ago
Stanton will sit again with Aaron Judge as the designated hitter. The 35-year-old should be available off the bench, but it doesn’t appear the Yankees are comfortable playing Stanton in the outfield.
Source: Gary Phillips
NYY • DH
7 months ago
The Yankees had reportedly been discussing trying Stanton out in right field now that Aaron Judge (elbow) is back, but unable to play the outfield. So far, Judge has been back for two games, and Stanton has sat both. Given Stanton’s history in the outfield and how he looks when he’s running the bases, we would assume it’s a long shot that he gets any meaningful time in the outfield. That makes it hard to roster him until Judge is healthy enough to play the field, and even then, the Yankees figure to give Judge more time at DH throughout the final two months.
NYY • DH
8 months ago
Stanton started the scoring of what would be a 13-12 game with a three-run home run in the fourth inning. The 35-year-old continues to DH, though the plan is for him to play right field when Aaron Judge returns from the injured next week. All nine of Stanton’s home runs this year have come in his last 21 games. He’s hitting .267 with an .862 OPS and 26 RBI this year.