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The New York Yankees are building on their division lead as their pitching staff catches up to the offense.
After the injury losses of Gerrit Cole and Luis Gil to start the season, the Yankees’ rotation had struggled to stay afloat in the first weeks of the season. But since mid-April, the staff has become one of the best in baseball, and that should scare rival teams as the batting order continues to slug.
The Yankees’ success in the face of so many injuries has been impressive on both sides of the ball. And they may soon be getting a big reinforcement that elevates the offense even further.
The team lost slugger Giancarlo Stanton to injuries in both elbows before opening day and he’s been working toward his debut for the season. Though there’s no definitive timetable for his return, the team has announced a promising update on his completion of one phase of the rehabilitation.
“Checking in on Giancarlo Stanton: Is nearing the ‘end game’ of his running program, Aaron Boone said,” MLB.com’s Bryan Hoch wrote. “Stanton has continued to run on the field and has hit ‘a lot of volume’ off a high-velocity machine.”
While users on X made some jokes about the designated hitter’s need for running, or lack thereof, in reply to Hoch’s report, the fact that Stanton continues to progress through a recovery process is good news for the team. They haven’t really lacked for his bat, but sooner or later even the hottest hitters on the team will need some reinforcement.
And Stanton, who has the most homers of any active player in the game, will still serve as a potent option at the plate whenever he does make his return.
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Peter Chawaga is a veteran journalist covering Major League Baseball for The Sporting News. His MLB reporting has included feature interviews with commissioner Rob Manfred and Hall of Fame slugger David Ortiz, salary analysis, player rankings and more. He has covered baseball for Forbes, Yardbarker, Pitcher List, Athlon and other outlets.
With over ten years of newsroom experience, he has previously covered finance, technology, arts, and culture for newspapers, magazines, and websites nationwide. He graduated from Wake Forest University with a degree in English and journalism.
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