Participating in a running drill on his road to recovery from a right calf strain that’s kept him away from the Yankees since April, the start of the season—Giancarlo Stanton fell, suffering a “moderate calf strain” to his left leg now.
Only 24 games under his belt before the 36-year-old hurt his leg and now he will most likely miss the entire season, a year removed from only playing 77 games in 2025.
Stanton will be back in 2027—37 years old, making $25 million, what a life.
Understanding how the Yankees operate these days, the team will not be adding anyone to the roster as a replacement for the most physically fit-looking man who is unable to do “running drills” without falling and missing months of work.
We can only hope Stanton gets into Tom Brady’s weird diet that kept him in the NFL too long or like, some under-the-radar, undetectable HGH, or else we may never see one of the greatest home run smashers ever again. Out: Legs hurt.
Can the Yankees survive without Stanton?
The Yankees have the 6th-most wins without Stanton lifting a finger. Though, if he maintained his 101 OPS+ throughout this season, he would’ve been more successful than Jazz Chisholm, Austin Wells, Ryan McMahon, Jose Caballero, and Anthony Volpe—guys in the lineup daily, helping opposing pitchers improve their ERA.
Gold Glove candidate Cody Bellinger returns to the lineup Sunday, hopefully connecting Heliot Ramos with the bench—Ramos 6-for-49, batting .122/.204/.450 with a 28 OPS+ since arriving in the Bronx at the trade deadline.
Bellinger joins a batting order starting to come alive, electrified by rookies George Lombard Jr. and Spencer Jones—the only hitters in the lineup consistently applying pressure to pitchers each at-bat, okay with base hits, not exclusively swinging for bombs.
[RELATED: Yankees Rookie So Unbelievably Nice With It, Mariners Rookie Loses His Job]Assuming Aaron Judge returns from the most strained ribs of all time, the Yankees will be fine without Stanton. It would’ve been sweet to see him sit a few more missiles, though.
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