Giancarlo Stanton is already out indefinitely because of lingering tennis elbows.
These aren’t his solely damage issues, although.
Aaron Boone stated the designated hitter can be coping with a “minor” calf subject on Friday night time, per MLB.com’s Bryan Hoch. Boone added that Stanton, already set to begin the season on the injured checklist because of his elbows, nonetheless doesn’t have a timetable for resuming baseball actions.
Stanton has an extended historical past of lower-body accidents, which prompted him to revamp his offseason routine two winters in the past. He reported to spring coaching in noticeably trimmer form in 2024, although he nonetheless missed over a month with a hamstring pressure final summer time. In the meantime, his elbows bothered him for many of final season, at the same time as he loved an influence surge all through the Yankees’ playoff run.
The elbows acted up once more this previous offseason, forcing Stanton to cease swinging a couple of weeks earlier than reporting to spring coaching. He’s since undergone three rounds of PRP injections on his elbows.
Whereas Stanton known as his elbow accidents “severe,” Brian Cashman just lately described surgical procedure as a “last resort.” Working on Stanton’s elbows would price him the 2025 season.
On prime of all that, Stanton left Tampa halfway by camp in order that he might are inclined to an unspecified private matter in New York.