{"id":122959,"date":"2026-05-28T13:35:38","date_gmt":"2026-05-28T17:35:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/?p=122959"},"modified":"2026-05-28T13:36:45","modified_gmt":"2026-05-28T17:36:45","slug":"stantons-injury-progress","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2026\/05\/28\/stantons-injury-progress\/","title":{"rendered":"Yankees&#8217; Giancarlo Stanton Receives Update On Injury Status"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In addition to a 7-0 win over the Kansas City Royals, the New York Yankees also received other good news on Wednesday. According to <\/span><a  href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/GJoyce9\/status\/2059764536253550989\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Greg Joyce<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of the <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">New York Post<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <a  href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/s\/stantmi03.shtml\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Giancarlo Stanton<\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, the team\u2019s designated hitter who has been <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2026\/04\/25\/yankees-giancarlo-stanton-leaves-game-vs-astros-calf-tightness\/\" target=\"_self\">on the IL<\/a> for over a month, has received clearance to begin running, which is the first step back to the field for the active league leader in career home runs (456). Stanton, 36, was placed on the injured list after suffering from a low-grade calf strain in late April.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>Yankees&#8217; Giancarlo Stanton Receives Update on Injury Status<\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/ny\/api\/res\/1.2\/_U7vCLc6cUbA_0keafLbPA--\/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTEyMDA7aD04MDA7Y2Y9d2VicA--\/https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/os\/creatr-uploaded-images\/2025-05\/1d4c35f0-35b2-11f0-af7b-63dfd85613af\" alt=\"Giancarlo Stanton\u2019s New Comeback Timeline Has Yankees Planning Lineup ...\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Giancarlo Stanton&#8217;s most recent MRI on Tuesday showed &#8220;a lot of improvement&#8221; in his right calf, per Boone. The plan is to introduce outside running this week.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Greg Joyce (@GJoyce9) <a  href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/GJoyce9\/status\/2059764536253550989?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">May 27, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>Stanton&#8217;s Injury Creates Opening<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Before the injury, the former MVP was slashing .256\/.302\/.422 with 3 home runs, 6 doubles, and 14 RBIs in 24 games this season. Though the Yankees\u2019 lineup certainly misses his production, his absence has also created more opportunities for young players like outfielders Spencer Jones (who was just <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2026\/05\/22\/spencer-jones-optioned-struggles\/\" target=\"_self\">sent back down<\/a> this week) and <a  href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/d\/dominja01.shtml\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jasson Dom\u00ednguez<\/a>\u00a0to get more playing time and experience. This, in turn, begs the question of what New York\u2019s lineup might look like when Stanton returns to the field.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Last season, when Stanton was sidelined, a youngster by the name of <a  href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/r\/ricebe01.shtml\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ben Rice <\/a>rose to the occasion and practically forced the Yankees to make him an everyday starter, even when Stanton reclaimed the DH spot. This season, though, the Yankees haven\u2019t had much production from their designated hitters outside of Stanton; New York\u2019s DHs have a combined OPS of .708, which ranks just 9th in the <\/span><a  href=\"https:\/\/www.mlb.com\/stats\/team\/american-league\/ops?split=pD\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">American League<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>Even More Injuries<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Initially, Jasson Dominguez was the one who was taking advantage of an open spot in the lineup. But unfortunately for the 23-year-old, after making a spectacular catch against the Texas Rangers in a May 7 game, he collided headfirst into the wall and sprained his shoulder, landing on the injured list as well. <a  href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/j\/jonessp01.shtml\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Spencer Jones<\/a>\u00a0didn\u2019t fare too well either (though it was just his first taste of the big leagues), racking up just four hits, all of them singles, and posting an OPS of .426.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So, it\u2019s safe to say that Stanton\u2019s return will be much more welcome this time around. When he came back from injury last season, he ended up posting an OPS over .900 throughout the rest of the season, so the Yankees can only hope for a similar return once again. Since his injury, the Yankees are just 14-12, so even if he isn\u2019t playing at an MVP-level anymore, he clearly still has a major impact on this team and lineup.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>Still Giancarlo Stanton<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In terms of a <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2026\/05\/02\/yankees-giancarlo-stanton-calf-injury-update\/\" target=\"_self\">timetable for the injury<\/a>, this new clearance to start the rehab process is just the first step back. Stanton has appeared in just two full seasons during his tenure in New York (\u201818 and &#8217;21), so the Yankees tend to be extra careful when it comes to their full-time DH. With that in mind, it will likely be at least a few more weeks until \u201cBig G\u201d starts an official rehab assignment. Even with an offense as good as New York\u2019s has been without him, it will only be that much better with a fully healthy Giancarlo Stanton.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Main Photo Credits: <span>\u00a0David Butler II-Imagn Images<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In addition to a 7-0 win over the Kansas City Royals, the New York Yankees also received other good news on Wednesday. According to Greg Joyce of the New York Post, Giancarlo Stanton, the team\u2019s designated hitter who has been on the IL for over a month, has received clearance to begin running, which is [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5148,"featured_media":122985,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1071,5],"tags":[28591,220,29242,2599],"class_list":["post-122959","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mlb","category-yankees","tag-ben-rice","tag-giancarlo-stanton","tag-jason-dominguez","tag-spencer-jones"],"modified_by":"Evan Mazza, Site Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/122959","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5148"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=122959"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/122959\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":122987,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/122959\/revisions\/122987"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/122985"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=122959"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=122959"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=122959"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}