{"id":318889,"date":"2026-08-11T19:34:41","date_gmt":"2026-08-11T19:34:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/318889\/"},"modified":"2026-08-11T19:34:41","modified_gmt":"2026-08-11T19:34:41","slug":"ny-yankees-giancarlo-stanton-reportedly-one-step-way-from-return-to-lineup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/318889\/","title":{"rendered":"NY Yankees’ Giancarlo Stanton reportedly one step way from return to lineup"},"content":{"rendered":"

The New York Yankees<\/a> have gotten used to rolling without Giancarlo Stanton during the 2026 MLB<\/a> season. For what it\u2019s worth, the Bronx Bombers have seen the veteran slugger miss several games in most of his seasons in New York. Still, a report hints that Stanton could be back sooner rather than later.<\/p>\n

Stanton<\/a> may be getting overlooked by the fanbase in the Bronx. At the moment, fans are too stressed about Cody Bellinger and Aaron Judge\u2019s injuries. However, they may have no reason to fret. Bellinger is reportedly proving the Yankees\u2019 injury timeline wrong<\/a>, while senior vice president and general manager Brian Cashman dropped a bold update on Judge\u2019s return<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Hearing an encouraging update from Bellinger as Judge continues to progress<\/a>, it appears the storm clouds tormenting Yankee Stadium have moved away, and the sun is finally coming out.. On that note, Stanton\u2019s latest update hints that the good news may be coming in bunches for the Bronx Bombers, and the 36-year-old is only a step away from returning.<\/p>\n

\u201cStanton will be back sooner rather than later,\u201d Emmanuel Barberi reported on the 161st and River Ave podcast. \u201c[Stanton] has been hitting this entire time. The second he starts running bases, [he could be back]. His hitting is at an MLB level right now. You can pop him into the lineup as long as he can base-run.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"Giancarlo<\/p>\n

Giancarlo Stanton #27 outfielder for the New York Yankees.<\/p>\n

Stanton is making progress<\/p>\n

As reported by manager Aaron Boone over the past weekend, Stanton has \u201cstarted the introduction to [running] some bases,\u201d via MLB.com. What exactly that means for his full return to action is unclear, but it should hint that Stanton is on the right track, and his return may be ahead of schedule. <\/p>\n

Dealing with a calf strain, Stanton was placed on the 10-day injured list (IL) back in late April and has yet to return. Long absences are nothing new to Stanton, as the Yankees\u2019 designated hitter has now missed 250 games over the last four seasons (not including the current campaign).<\/p>\n

Stanton\u2019s numbers in 2026<\/p>\n

Stanton has played in 24 games so far in the 2026 MLB campaign, tallying eight runs, 23 hits, three home runs, and 14 runs batted in (RBI). Additionally, the California native has posted a .256 batting average (AVG), .302 on-base percentage (OBP), .422 slugging percentage (SLG), and .724 OPS.<\/p>\n

The small sample size on the year definitely plays a role, but Stanton still ranks fifth in batting average among Yankees batters.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The New York Yankees have gotten used to rolling without Giancarlo Stanton during the 2026 MLB season. For…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":318890,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[128,34722,9,24,321,63,129,131,130],"class_list":["post-318889","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-the-bronx","tag-bronx","tag-giancarlo-stanton","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-new-york-yankees","tag-nyc","tag-the-bronx","tag-the-bronx-headlines","tag-the-bronx-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/318889","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=318889"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/318889\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/318890"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=318889"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=318889"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=318889"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}