{"id":81642,"date":"2024-07-29T15:36:20","date_gmt":"2024-07-29T19:36:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/?p=81642"},"modified":"2024-07-29T15:36:20","modified_gmt":"2024-07-29T19:36:20","slug":"giancarlo-stanton-return-from-injury","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2024\/07\/29\/giancarlo-stanton-return-from-injury\/","title":{"rendered":"Yankees Veteran Slugger Returns to Lineup for Series Against Phillies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The New York Yankees will activate <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/s\/stantmi03.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-07-29_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Giancarlo Stanton<\/a> from the 10-day injured list Monday. Stanton has missed a month due to a <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2024\/06\/23\/giancarlo-stanton-injured-list\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">left hamstring strain<\/a>\u00a0but appears set to make his return to the lineup in Philadelphia. The 34-year-old will skip a rehab assignment, and he&#8217;ll attempt to pick up where he left off with the Yankees, having produced a ten-game hitting streak prior to the injury. New York opted to designate <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/j\/jonesja08.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-07-29_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jahmai Jones<\/a> for assignment to free up a roster for Stanton.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Prior to tonight\u2019s game, the Yankees made the following roster moves:<br \/>\n\u2022 Reinstated OF\/DH Giancarlo Stanton (#27) from the 10-day injured list.<br \/>\n\u2022 Designated INF\/OF Jahmai Jones for assignment.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 New York Yankees (@Yankees) <a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Yankees\/status\/1817999016795283536?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">July 29, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2>Giancarlo Stanton Off IL, Yankees Drop Infielder for Roster Spot<\/h2>\n<p>The Yankees lineup will add a big bat for the second day in a raw. A day after <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/c\/chishja01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-07-29_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jazz Chisholm Jr.<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2024\/07\/27\/yankees-acquire-chisholm-marlins-andrew-wagner\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">debuted Sunday<\/a>, Stanton is expected to be in the lineup. Manager <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/b\/booneaa01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-07-29_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Aaron Boone<\/a> indicated to reporters that the club will be cautious with Stanton, who has a long history of lower body injuries throughout his career. Stanton has played in 419 games dating back to Opening Day 2019. However, the veteran&#8217;s production in 69 games this season is what the Yankees were hoping for, hitting .246\/.302\/.492 with 18 home runs. During Stanton&#8217;s absence, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/j\/judgeaa01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-07-29_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Aaron Judge<\/a> took over at DH, giving <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/g\/grishtr01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-07-29_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Trent Grisham<\/a> more playing time in the outfield.<\/p>\n<p>New York could use the boost of Stanton&#8217;s bat as they enter the week with an 8-13 record for July. The Yankees, who led the American League East by 1 1\/2 games the last time Stanton played, now trail the Baltimore Orioles by one game. With Chisholm and Stanton on the roster, Brian Cashman and the Yankee brass will look to add more ahead of Tuesday&#8217;s trade deadline. There are many appealing options for New York, especially with the need for an <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2024\/07\/28\/yankees-dodgers-pursuing-isaac-paredes-trade\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">upgrade at third base<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Main Photo: \u00a9 Brad Penner-USA TODAY Sports<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The New York Yankees will activate Giancarlo Stanton from the 10-day injured list Monday. Stanton has missed a month due to a left hamstring strain\u00a0but appears set to make his return to the lineup in Philadelphia. The 34-year-old will skip a rehab assignment, and he&#8217;ll attempt to pick up where he left off with the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3686,"featured_media":81643,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_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":[5,1071,35],"tags":[1787,501,220,5149,268,3226],"class_list":["post-81642","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-yankees","category-mlb","category-news","tag-aaron-boone","tag-aaron-judge","tag-giancarlo-stanton","tag-jazz-chisholm-jr","tag-philadelphia-phillies","tag-trent-grisham"],"modified_by":"Matt Graves","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81642","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\/3686"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=81642"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81642\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/81643"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=81642"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=81642"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=81642"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}