Giancarlo Stanton spent the offseason getting leaner in hopes of avoiding the leg accidents which have plagued him for a lot of his time with the Yankees.
For 2-plus months, it labored.
That modified in Saturday’s 8-3 win over Atlanta.
Stanton left the sport with left hamstring tightness and can endure an MRI examination on Sunday, the Yankees introduced.
Stanton suffered the damage scoring from second on Gleyber Torres’ double after Stanton doubled to open the underside of the fourth.
“Hopefully, it’s not too vital,’’ Aaron Boone mentioned. “He got here to me and wanted to come back out. … Clearly, he’s handled these sorts of issues previously.”
Aaron Choose added: “He’s such a drive for us in the course of the offense. I hope we get some excellent news.”
Trent Grisham pinch-hit for Stanton to steer off the underside of the sixth — and later homered within the seventh.
For Stanton, it’s simply the most recent in an extended line of leg issues the 34-year-old has had since becoming a member of the Yankees previous to the 2018 season.
In contrast to in current seasons, Stanton hasn’t performed the outfield in any respect and was productive on the plate, bouncing again from an unpleasant 2023 with 18 homers in 69 video games.
He missed time final yr with a strained left hamstring and in 2022 it was his left Achilles and a strained proper calf.
In 2021, Stanton additionally suffered a strained proper calf, in addition to a strained left quad, which adopted a left hamstring pressure in 2020 and a sprained proper knee in ’19.
All of these accidents required IL stints.
He’s beneath contract till 2027.