Jun 23, 2024, 12:44 ET
On Saturday, against the Braves, Giancarlo Stanton asked manager Aaron Boone to leave the game after feeling discomfort in his leg while running the bases.
NEW YORK – New York Yankees slugger Giancarlo Stanton went on the disabled list for the eighth time in six seasons Sunday, a day after straining his left hamstring.
Stanton, 34, a former MVP, left Saturday night’s 8-3 victory over the Atlanta Braves and was scheduled to undergo an imaging test on Sunday. Stanton doubled off the center field wall in the fourth inning and grimaced as he rounded third base on Gleyber Torres’ double. Trent Grisham pinch hit for Stanton leading off the sixth.
Stanton has missed 266 of 708 games (38 percent) over the past five seasons.
He seemed to walk cautiously as he left the clubhouse Saturday night.
“Obviously, he’s dealt with this kind of thing in the past,” the manager said. Aaron Boone. “So I hope it’s not something that will keep him out for too long.”
The general manager of the Yankees, Brian Cashmanhad said on November 13 at the annual general managers meetings: “He will most likely end up getting hurt again because it seems to be part of his game.”
When a visibly slimmer Stanton reported to spring training, he briefly said, “He knows my reaction to that.”
Stanton appeared in 69 of the Yankees’ first 79 games this season, as a Designated Hitter, and is hitting .246 with 18 home runs and 45 RBIs. The active leader in home runs with 420, he is in the midst of his healthiest season with the Yankees since he played 158 games in 2018, his first after being acquired from the Miami Marlins.
He missed 266 games over the previous five seasons due to a right biceps strain and right knee posterior cruciate ligament strain (2019), left hamstring strain (2020), quadriceps strain left (2021), right ankle inflammation and left Achilles tendonitis (2022) and left hamstring strain (2023).
“He’s been a big strength for this offense,” said Aaron Judge, who hit his major league-leading 28th home run in the first inning. “Hitting home runs, getting players on base, that’s a big part of his game. Hopefully we have some good news.”
In a corresponding roster move, the Yankees recalled infielder Oswald Peraza from the Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre branch.
New York, which entered Sunday with a major league-best 52-27 record, had maintained a relatively healthy team at the start of the season. Infielder DJ LeMahieu didn’t make his season debut until May 28 after breaking his right foot on a foul ball during spring training on March 16, and American League Cy Young Award winner Gerrit Cole did not make his first start until June 19 due to inflammation and edema of the nerve in his right elbow.
Right-hander Clarke Schmidt went on the disabled list on May 27 with a right lat strain, and first baseman Anthony Rizzo broke his right forearm in a collision at Fenway Park on June 16.
