{"id":608112,"date":"2026-04-26T21:27:20","date_gmt":"2026-04-26T21:27:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/608112\/"},"modified":"2026-04-26T21:27:20","modified_gmt":"2026-04-26T21:27:20","slug":"yankees-giancarlo-stanton-calf-sits-for-2nd-straight-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/608112\/","title":{"rendered":"Yankees&#8217; Giancarlo Stanton (calf) sits for 2nd straight day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao MvWXB TjIXL aGjvy ebVHC \">HOUSTON &#8212; <a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/mlb\/team\/_\/name\/nyy\/new-york-yankees\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">New York Yankees<\/a> slugger <a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/mlb\/player\/_\/id\/30583\/giancarlo-stanton\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Giancarlo Stanton<\/a> was not in the starting lineup for the second straight day Sunday against <a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/mlb\/team\/_\/name\/hou\/houston-astros\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Houston<\/a> after exiting Friday&#8217;s win over the Astros with right calf tightness.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Yankees manager Aaron Boone said a decision on whether Stanton will need a stint on the injured list should be made in time for Monday&#8217;s series opener against the <a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/mlb\/team\/_\/name\/tex\/texas-rangers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Texas Rangers<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">&#8220;I know yesterday he felt like it improved,&#8221; Boone said. &#8220;I think he also feels like he got in front of it a little bit, so we&#8217;ll see how it unfolds today.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Stanton said he felt tightness in his calf while running the bases in the sixth inning Friday night. He was removed from the game after he was unable to score from second on a single to the left-field wall by <a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/mlb\/player\/_\/id\/41644\/jc-escarra\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">J.C. Escarra<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">The five-time All-Star is hitting .256 this season with three home runs and 14 RBIs in 24 games.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC eTIW sUzSN \">Stanton has been plagued by injuries and hasn&#8217;t played a full season since 2018, his first with the Yankees. He has been out of the lineup because of injuries to his elbows (2025), left hamstring (2020, 2023, 2024), left quadriceps (2021), and right ankle and left Achilles (2022) over the past six seasons.br\/]<\/p>\n<p>Copyright \u00a9 2026 ESPN Internet Ventures. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"HOUSTON &#8212; New York Yankees slugger Giancarlo Stanton was not in the starting lineup for the second straight&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":608113,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[65],"tags":[264218,352,363,369,3,99,263045],"class_list":{"0":"post-608112","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-mlb","8":"tag-264218","9":"tag-espn","10":"tag-mlb","11":"tag-new-york-yankees","12":"tag-news","13":"tag-sports","14":"tag-stanton-giancarlo"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/608112","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=608112"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/608112\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/608113"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=608112"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=608112"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=608112"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}