Yankees' Giancarlo Stanton drives in three runs in first rehab assignment with Double-A Somerset

Yankees slugger Giancarlo Stanton is tantalizingly close to a return from injury.

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Yankees' Giancarlo Stanton drives in three runs in first rehab assignment with Double-A Somerset

Yankees slugger Giancarlo Stantonis tantalizingly close to a return from injury, and if he does what he did Tuesday with Double-A Somerset, the team will take that offensive production.

Starting at DH and batting second for the Patriots, Stanton went 2-for-3 with three RBI and a walk.

His first at-bat saw the slugger swing at the first pitch and ground out to third base before he walked on four pitches in his second AB. But then Stanton's offensive production showed up in his final two at-bats.

In the fifth inning, Stanton came up with runners on second and third and no outs, Stanton went down and lined a sharp single to center field to drive in two. He came up in the seventh with a man on second and no outs and battled back from a 1-2 count to work the count full. On the sixth pitch of the at-bat, Stanton lined a single to center to drive in his third run of the night.

Stanton has missed the first two-plus months of the season due to epicondylitis (tennis elbow) in both elbows.

“I just got to get some real at-bats in a game and let me figure it out,” Stanton told reporters on Tuesday, via Brendan Kuty of The Athletic. “This isn’t where I want to be, trust me.”

“This will tell me how close I am,” he later added. “There’s no simulating a major-league game, but if you want to get as close as you can, you get to a minor-league game.”

The slugger is coming off a 2024 season where he hit .233/.298/.475 with 27 homers and 20 doubles in 114 games.

Stanton was a force during New York's run to the World Series, as he mashed seven homers in 14 games.

Once Stanton returns, the Yanks will have a playing time conundrum on their hands with Ben Rice, who has been serving regularly as the designated hitter.

SNY MLB Insider Andy Martino reported last week that while Rice recently took ground balls at third base, he is not a candidate to play there -- with New York not planning to use Rice at any defensive position other than first base and catcher.

It has been a breakout season for Rice, who is hitting .241/.327/.497 with 12 home runs in 56 games.

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