Yankees knock Giancarlo Stanton should start the season on the IL because of elbow injury, but could resolve a significant time.
Stanton said on Saturday that his elbow injuries were “considered severe in both elbows” and if he had to undergo surgery Bryan Hoch from MLB.com. He said the problems are due to the “bat adjustments” of the 2024 season.
The 35 -year -old Friday at the Tampa teamBut is expected to return to New York on Monday for a third round of PRP injections. He is not sure that he will be able to resume baseball activities, by Hoch.
He could not swing a bat since mid-January, as a manager Aaron Boone Friday noted that he “doubts” Stanton would play in one of the remaining spring training games.
Yankees GM Brian Cashman said on Thursday that surgery cannot be excluded And would be a “last resort” for Stanton. He mentioned that the elbow problems began to resurface about three weeks before the camp start when Stanton started swinging again.
“It would be a last resort … I cannot exclude surgery, but I know that it is not recommended in front of this thing,” Cashman told journalists. “But obviously, if you have a number of different unsuccessful attempts, you are starting to look at different ways of intervention.”
“In the end, he was treated there at the end of last year and obviously thought we were in a game and I think he felt in a good place” Cashman added “, but then he raised his ugly head about three weeks before the camp, it’s my understanding, so now we face it.”
Stanton dealt with elbow problems during the 2024 season, managed to play in 114 regular season games and to reduce .233 / .298 / .475 with 27 circuits and 72 products. He struck seven circuits and achieved 16 products produced in 14 qualifying games.
