On Monday, the Yankees faced the Los Angeles Angels in the first game of the series. Although it was a loss, the team had some good news as they welcomed back one of their injured players. Giancarlo Stanton, who had missed the entire season with an elbow injury, is back and knows that competition will be tough with his teammates.
Tendinitis in both elbows had deprived Stanton of being part of the Yankees at this stage of the season and he thus lost the important role he had with the team. However, the player is now back and will look to make up for lost time, something that will not be easy, considering, for example, the dispute for the pitcher position with Ben Rice, who is the one who has been playing regularly.
After the Yankees’ defeat, Giancarlo Stanton spoke to the media and was very happy to finally be back and valued the competition with his teammates. “Whatever is best for us to win, that’s the most important thing, and the guys who aren’t going to start are going to come off the bench and be key in those moments. Usually, they have a chance to win the game anyway. So yeah, we’ll work with that,” he said
Healthy competition
Stanton’s replacement in recent games has been Ben Rice, who earned his spot on the team and has done quite well. In this 2025 season he has been in charge of covering the team’s injuries, but it is expected that he can also act as a catcher.
Yankees manager Aaron Boone explained that there could even be a greater rotation now with Stanton’s return. “We’ll have to work a little bit of a rotation there. G (Stanton) will be part of that. So I expect him to play regularly, but he’ll also have his days, and we’ll just let this work itself out”.
A struggle with injuries
Giancarlo Stanton has put up great numbers during his career, however, injuries have not left him alone and this has slowed his progress even further. The Yankees player has suffered Achilles tendon, hamstring and elbow injuries, which have limited his game and have him averaging only 94.7 games per season.
In 2018, Stanton joined the Yankees and has only surpassed 115 games per season twice, which is quite worrying and limits him to being a regular figure in the team.
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