{"id":34920,"date":"2025-02-17T13:25:09","date_gmt":"2025-02-17T13:25:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=34920"},"modified":"2025-02-17T13:25:09","modified_gmt":"2025-02-17T13:25:09","slug":"troubling-new-york-yankees-news-on-injury-to-all-star-slugger-opening-day-2025-status-iffy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=34920","title":{"rendered":"Troubling New York Yankees news on injury to All-Star slugger, Opening Day 2025 status iffy"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/sportsnaut.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/width=788,height=444,fit=crop,quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/MLB-New-York-Yankees-Workouts-14040155.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 33.3vw, (max-width: 768px) 428px, 100vw\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sportsnaut.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/width=428,height=241,fit=crop,quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/MLB-New-York-Yankees-Workouts-14040155.jpg 430w, https:\/\/sportsnaut.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/width=788,height=444,fit=crop,quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/MLB-New-York-Yankees-Workouts-14040155.jpg 788w\" alt=\"Troubling New York Yankees news on injury to All-Star slugger, Opening Day 2025 status iffy\" width=\"788\" height=\"444\" \/><figcaption>Credit: Jonathan Dyer-Imagn Images<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The New York Yankees arrived at spring training with arguably a better and deeper roster than last season as the American League champions. Unfortunately, even with Opening Day 2025 more than a month out, there\u2019s now concern over All-Star hitter Giancarlo Stanton.<\/p>\n<p>Stanton, who turned 35 in November, is coming off a career-best stretch in the postseason. He hit 7 home runs with 16 RBI and a 1.048 OPS in 14 games, at times carrying the Yankees lineup in October. After a full offseason to rest and prepare for the 2025 campaign, there is now uncertainty regarding his availability for Opening Day.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Giancarlo Stanton stats (ESPN):<\/strong> .233\/.298\/.475, .773 OPS, 27 home runs, 72 RBI, 20 doubles, 49 runs scored in 417 at-bats<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Related: Highest paid MLB players 2025<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Speaking to reporters at spring training, Boone announced that Stanton is \u201cbehind schedule\u201d due to an elbow issue that will linger throughout the 2025 season and could jeopardize his availability for the home opener at the end of March.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cHe was doing stuff and then he kind of shut down getting treatments. It\u2019s just something we don\u2019t want to rush if we can get it to a really good spot.\u00a0We\u2019re going to probably deal with some maintenance with it throughout the year but just don\u2019t want to force anything too early.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><cite>New York Yankees manager Aaron Boone on the Giancarlo Stanton injury (via The Athletic)<\/cite><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>Read:\u00a0Worst MLB farm systems 2025, including the New York Yankees<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Boone compared the issue to a \u201ctennis elbow\u201d and noted that Stanton played through it in the second half of the regular season and the playoffs. New York is going to \u201cslow play him\u201d for a while, attempting to reduce the risk of the elbow soreness worsening.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Giancarlo Stanton contract (Spotrac):<\/strong> $32 million salary in 2025, $19 million salary in 2026, $15 million salary in 2027, $15 million club option for 2028<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Related:\u00a0Best MLB offseason moves by all 30 teams, includes the New York Yankees<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Entering 2025, Stanton hasn\u2019t reached 420 at-bats in a single season since 2021. He was sidelined from June 23 until July 29 last year and when he returned, the Yankees\u2019 designated hitter had a .210\/.292\/.446 slash line with a .738 OPS in 157 at-bats.<\/p>\n<p>Amid a myriad of injuries in the last three years, Stanton\u2019s production has also plummeted. After slashing .269\/.353\/.510 with a .864 OPS and a 134 wRC+ in his first four seasons with New York, the club\u2019s designated hitter now has a .212\/.291\/.454 slash line with a .744 OPS and 106 wRC+ in the last three seasons. Any absence would be a significant loss of power for the Yankees lineup in 2025.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There&#8217;s troubling New York Yankees news with the latest Giancarlo Stanton injury update during spring training.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":34926,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-34920","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mlb"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Troubling New York Yankees news on injury to All-Star slugger, Opening Day 2025 status iffy - NEWS USA<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=34920\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Troubling New York Yankees news on injury to All-Star slugger, Opening Day 2025 status iffy - 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