The Yankees’ injury mess took another ugly turn with Giancarlo Stanton, and this one could wipe out the rest of his season.
Stanton had already spent most of the year on the injured list and last appeared on April 24. He was in the middle of a comeback from a calf issue, but now Bryan Hoch of MLB.com is reporting that he has strained his other calf after falling while running.
"Giancarlo Stanton strained his other calf," Hoch reports. "He fell while running.
Moderate grade strain, Aaron Boone said. He may be out for the season."
That’s a devastating development for New York, which has already had to navigate major absences from Cody Bellinger, Max Freid, Gerrit Cole, Carlos Rodon, and Aaron Judge. Stanton had been making his way back with only minor setbacks along the way, and the expectation was that he could still return and give the lineup some much-needed power.
Instead, the latest setback makes it more likely he misses the rest of the regular season and possibly the postseason too.
Before getting hurt, Stanton was batting .256 with three home runs and 14 RBIs in 24 games. His .724 OPS wasn’t eye-popping, but it still gave the Yankees a productive bat in the middle of the order.
With Stanton out, along with Judge and Bellinger, the offense has struggled at times this season, which is part of why the Yankees added Heliot Ramos and Luis Garcia Jr. at the trade deadline. The hope was that Stanton would eventually return and add another layer of thump to the lineup.
Boone stopped short of officially ruling him out for the season, but this new calf strain has put Stanton in serious jeopardy of missing the rest of 2026.
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