SPORTING NEWS – Giancarlo Stanton hasn’t gotten much good news these days.
The Yankees slugger hasn’t been able to swing a bat for a couple months due to “severe pain” in both elbows. He also encountered a calf problem midway through spring training.
And now, New York is being honest about the hopes for Stanton this season.
Speaking to reporters on Saturday, Yankees GM Brian Cashman said this:
“We’re all hopeful that we can get him back him down the line, but that’s not in the near term” …
TAMPA, Fla. — New York Yankees designated hitter Giancarlo Stanton would have surgery on his elbows only as a last resort, according to general manager Brian Cashman.
Stanton said Feb. 17 after reporting to camp that he had not swung a bat in three or four weeks because of elbow pain. The Yankees said he has been in New York, where he received a second round of platelet-rich plasma injections in both elbows.
“We’ll clearly look forward to getting him back at some point, but obviously in the near term that won’t be the case,” Cashman said.
Surgery is not yet being contemplated for the 35-year-old designated hitter, a five-time All-Star.
“It’d be a last resort,” Cashman said. “I can’t rule out a surgery, but I know it’s not recommended in the front end of this thing, but obviously if you have a number of different failed attempts, then obviously you start looking at different ways of intervention.”
Stanton hit .233 with 27 homers and 72 RBIs while playing 114 games last year, his season interrupted by a strained left hamstring that sidelined him between June 22 and July 29. Stanton batted .273 with seven homers and 16 RBIs in the postseason.
He signed a then-record 13-year, $325 million contract with the Miami Marlins ahead of the 2015 season and had 59 homers and 132 RBIs in 2017, winning the National League MVP award. He was acquired by the Yankees that December and hit 38 homers with 100 RBIs in his first season with New York.
Stanton missed 266 of 708 games over the next five seasons because of a series of injuries that included strains of his right biceps, right knee, left hamstring (twice) and left quadriceps along with right ankle inflammation and left leg Achilles tendinitis … source
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ESPN News Services, Mar 1, 2025
New York Yankees slugger Giancarlo Stanton will begin the season on the injured list because of elbow injuries that have sidelined him this spring.
Stanton has received platelet-rich plasma injections in both of his elbows, according to the New York Post. The 2017 NL MVP has been away from the team while dealing with a personal matter, but he is expected to rejoin it in Tampa, Florida, next week.
Stanton, 35, hit .233 with 27 homers and 72 RBIs in 114 games last season. He had seven homers and 16 RBIs in 14 postseason games and was the ALCS MVP when the Yankees eliminated the Cleveland Guardians … SOURCE.
