{"id":212341,"date":"2026-04-28T07:42:16","date_gmt":"2026-04-28T07:42:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/212341\/"},"modified":"2026-04-28T07:42:16","modified_gmt":"2026-04-28T07:42:16","slug":"yankees-giancarlo-stanton-hitting-il-with-low-grade-strain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/212341\/","title":{"rendered":"Yankees’ Giancarlo Stanton hitting IL with ‘low-grade’ strain"},"content":{"rendered":"

ARLINGTON, Texas \u2014 After getting 72 hours to see if his calf could make enough improvement<\/a>, Giancarlo Stanton still could not avoid the injured list.<\/p>\n

The Yankees DH is headed for the 10-day IL after an MRI on Monday revealed a \u201clow-grade\u201d right calf strain, manager Aaron Boone said after a 4-2 win over the Rangers at Globe Life Field<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cDoesn\u2019t look too serious, but enough to not want to wait a couple more days,\u201d Boone said. \u201cSo we\u2019ll see what we have as the week unfolds.\u201d<\/p>\n

The 36-year-old Stanton, who has been plagued by soft-tissue leg injuries in recent years, sustained the strain Friday night in Houston<\/a> while jogging from first to second base and eventually exited the game after reaching third. <\/p>\n

\"NewGiancarlo Stanton is pictured during the Yankees\u2019 April 24 game against the Astros. Imagn Images<\/p>\n

The Yankees are hoping that he came out before the calf injury turned into something more severe, but it will still knock Stanton out at least until next Tuesday.<\/p>\n

The Yankees called up Jasson Dom\u00ednguez earlier on Monday and started him at DH against Rangers righty Jack Leiter. <\/p>\n

With Anthony Volpe potentially returning from the IL as soon as Friday, it remains to be seen whether Dom\u00ednguez will get a longer stretch to fill the DH role while Stanton is sidelined.<\/p>\n

Boone said it \u201ccould be\u201d just a minimum 10-day stint, but he did not want to put a timetable on it. <\/p>\n

Stanton was batting .256 with a .724 OPS, three home runs and 14 RBIs through 24 games.<\/p>\n

\"NewGiancarlo Stanton reacts after scoring during the Yankees\u2019 April 22 game. Eric Canha-Imagn Images<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s [a] huge [loss],\u201d Aaron Judge said. \u201cHe\u2019s a big force in the middle of our lineup. Big RBI production. But I\u2019m hoping it\u2019s a small stint. He was able to catch it early hopefully and he\u2019ll be back out there.\u201d<\/p>\n

For the second time this year, Aaron Boone had to have a tough conversation with Luis Gil.<\/p>\n

Both conversations centered on his demotion to Triple-A<\/a>. <\/p>\n

Another rough outing against the Astros exposed areas where the former AL Rookie of the Year needs work, which he will address in the minors.<\/p>\n

\u201cI would say he took it well. I think he was clear-eyed,\u201d Boone said Monday at Globe Life Field. \u201cI feel good about what his focus is going to be going down there. As we\u2019ve tried to get him back to that form that we\u2019ve seen him at, he\u2019s done a lot of the things that have moved the needle in a lot of ways, with his winter program. Physically, he\u2019s in some of the best physical conditioning and strength of his life. He\u2019s a young man still.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think the best thing for him right now is to go down there and hopefully continue to work and hopefully string together some starts in a less-pressurized situation that gets him on track to being the guy he can be.\u201d<\/p>\n

Left unsaid is that the clock may be running out on Gil\u2019s chances of impacting the rotation this season.<\/p>\n

Carlos Rod\u00f3n and Gerrit Cole are on the way back from the injured list, both expected to return at some point in May, while the Yankees also have top pitching prospects knocking at the door in Triple-A, including Elmer Rodr\u00edguez and Carlos Lagrange.<\/p>\n

For now, the Yankees will use someone other than Gil by the time they next need a fifth starter (by May 5 at the latest). <\/p>\n

It could be Rodr\u00edguez, or perhaps a bullpen game started by one of their long men, Ryan Yarbrough or Paul Blackburn. <\/p>\n

But it will not be Rod\u00f3n, who still needs at least two more rehab starts, the next one coming Thursday at Double-A Somerset (with Cole making his third start there Wednesday).<\/p>\n

Gil, meanwhile, is headed back to Scranton\/Wilkes-Barre after starting the season there. <\/p>\n

He is still trying to rediscover the consistent life on his four-seam fastball, which is not generating close to the whiff rate it once did when he was at his best (9.5 percent this season, 28.5 percent in 2024).<\/p>\n

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\u201cWe\u2019ve seen improvements in some of his work, but it\u2019s about getting the fastball\/slider\/changeup now all a tick better,\u201d Boone said. \u201cBecause once they all get a tick better, then they all help each other. It\u2019s just been a little short there and a little inconsistent.\u201d<\/p>\n

Anthony Volpe will play rehab games Tuesday and Wednesday at Double-A Somerset, after which the Yankees will reevaluate his status \u2014 with the potential of him rejoining them by Friday\u2019s series opener against the Orioles in The Bronx.<\/p>\n

Paul DeJong informed the Yankees that he is planning to opt out of his minor league deal by the end of the month if he is not promoted to the big leagues, The Post\u2019s Jon Heyman reported Monday.<\/p>\n

The veteran infielder has hit .213 with a .900 OPS and six home runs in 22 games with Triple-A Scranton\/Wilkes-Barre. <\/p>\n

But barring an injury at the big league level \u2014 especially with Volpe on the verge of returning from the injured list \u2014 the Yankees are unlikely to call DeJong up.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"ARLINGTON, Texas \u2014 After getting 72 hours to see if his calf could make enough improvement, Giancarlo Stanton…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":212342,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[34722,46144,20,9,11,10,321,319],"class_list":["post-212341","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york","tag-giancarlo-stanton","tag-luis-gil","tag-mlb","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-headlines","tag-new-york-news","tag-new-york-yankees","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/212341","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=212341"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/212341\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/212342"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=212341"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=212341"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=212341"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}