Giancarlo Stanton’s body just cannot seem to give him a break in the 2019 season. The Yankees’ slugger was forced to the injured list once again on Wednesday, just eight days after joining the team after another extended injury absence.
Stanton missed much of the first three months of the year after suffering a biceps injury and then subsequent calf and shoulder injuries during the rehab process.
Now, a right knee sprain will force the Yankees’ most highly-paid player back to the Injured List and will leave Yankee fans and manager Aaron Boone wondering when the team’s bad luck will end.
The injury occurred as Stanton slid head-first into third base during New York’s Tuesday evening game against the Toronto Blue Jays.
Stanton, the author of a career .268 batting average and 306 home runs, has only managed to play in 9 games and hit 1 homer for the Bronx Bombers this year. The franchise certainly didn’t expect this to be the outcome for Stanton this season, especially after he played 158 games in his first season with the team in 2018.
The length of the 29-year-old outfielder’s stay on the Injured List is up in the air. Knee sprains are notably tricky to pinpoint and predict, so the slugger will just have to wait to see how long it will be until he’s ready to get going again.
