Giancarlo Stanton injury update isn't good news for Yankees

Giancarlo Stanton was supposed to come back to the field shortly for the New York Yankees.

An injury setback has created quite the concern for the big slugger, though.

Yankees manager Aaron Boone told reporters Saturday that Stanton felt a calf ailment while running recently.

Stanton may get some imaging to see what the scoop is.

Giancarlo Stanton was initially expected back early on this upcoming homestand. That is now in jeopardy, Boone said, after he felt something in his calf while running recently. Stanton may go for more imaging to check if anything is up.

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Stanton hasn't played in the majors since April 24, so he's approaching two months of absence.

He was hitting just OK before then, at .256 with three home runs and a .724 OPS. He hadn't really gotten on one of those typical Stanton hot streaks.

Instead, he's on one of those typical Stanton runs of injuries that have hampered large stretches of his career.

Stanton has been remarkable enough while on the field to have 456 career home runs.

Right now, though, he's not adding to that total, and it might be a little longer until he starts slugging baseballs out of the ballpark again.

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