The New York Yankees caught a tough break before the regular season has even started via an injury update to slugger Giancarlo Stanton.
“Giancarlo Stanton will begin the season on the IL, Yankees announce,” Greg Joyce of the New York Post reported on Saturday, March 1. “Received a [platelet-rich plasma] injection in both elbows while back in [New York] to tend to personal matter. Expected to return to Tampa this coming week.”
Stanton departed spring training activities in Florida last week due to pain in both of his elbows, which kept him out of practice in the batters box for several weeks prior to the shots. Yankees manager Aaron Boone told media members that Stanton’s injuries are “akin to tennis elbow,” according to a report from Bryan Hoch of MLB.com.
Stanton has battled injury issues on a regular basis since joining the Yankees in 2018. He played 158 games that season, but saw the diamond just 41 times in 2019 and 2020 combined. Stanton missed 48 games last season, after sitting out 52 and 61 games in 2022 and 2023, respectively.
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