BOSTON — Giancarlo Stanton isn’t right here. At one level the Yankees had hoped he could be again within the lineup for this three-game collection towards the Red Sox at Fenway. Instead, the Yankees slugger continues to be feeling the tendinitis in his left Achilles a bit bit when he will get up within the morning after doing “baseball activities.”
There isn’t any timetable for Stanton’s return, however it’s clearly not imminent based mostly on his actions. Stanton has not begun working the bases but or confronted dwell hitting but, which implies he’s not near a rehab task, which Aaron Boone mentioned he might have.
The Yankees supervisor defined that regardless of how gradual Stanton’s rehab has felt like it’s going, the Yankees are nonetheless happy with the progress.
“Maybe it’s because I threw out the Boston thing, but it’s kind of progressed well, and we feel like he’s doing well,” Boone mentioned earlier than Friday evening’s recreation. “So the biggest thing is kind of not wanting to put that day on it. He’s moving in a pretty good direction … So the progress may be slow but I feel like it’s been steady.”
Stanton went on the injured record July 24 and the Yankees mentioned they believed it was a “minor thing,” they usually thought it is likely to be lower than two weeks on the IL. Stanton has missed 16 video games, leaving an enormous gap of their lineup. The Yankees have gone 6-10.
“That’s a big presence. Not only the production he provides, but I think his presence in the lineup, just one more elite hitter to have to go through and plan for and to wear somebody down so,” Boone mentioned, “after all we’ve missed him.
“I feel like overall over the last several weeks, offensively we still have been putting up runs. We obviously had a couple of rough days. Saturday and Sunday in scoring. But we’re talking about Big G, I mean, you miss him when he’s not in the lineup.”
Stanton is hitting .228/.309/.498 with an .807 OPS and 24 house runs. The Yankees count on him to be 100% when he will get again and that this problem shall be gone.
“I expect that when he returns. I expect it to be behind us. And it feels like it’s moving in that direction.”
BACK ON THE BUMP
Luis Severino is lastly progressing off flat floor throwing. The right-hander was positioned on the injured record July 14 with what the staff described as a “low grade” lat pressure, however moved to the 60-day IL final week. He will throw his first bullpen since happening the IL on Monday, Boone mentioned.
Severino mentioned he was not proud of the choice and mentioned final week he felt good as he started his throwing program. Yankees GM Brian Cashman defined the choice as needing additional time to construct Severino again as much as a starter’s quantity.
The Yankees had been additionally already monitoring Severino’s innings this season due to his extreme historical past of accidents over the previous three seasons. They had thought they may get between 120-130 innings out of Severino and on the tempo he was on, he would have blown by it.
Severino was shut down with 86 innings pitched and a 3.45 ERA.
ALL ON BOARD
Matt Carpenter noticed a foot specialist on Friday for a second opinion on his fractured left foot.
“Everyone is in agreement with what they saw in Seattle,” Boone mentioned. “No weight bearing for one to two weeks and then they will re-image it.”
Carpenter met with the Seahawks foot specialist on Wednesday, who mentioned the veteran didn’t want surgical procedure to restore the break. The 36-year-old fractured the foot when he fouled a ball off it in Seattle.
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