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Stanton

Stanton has already missed four months, so this is just a paper move. However, it doesn’t sound like he’ll be a factor next month after suffering a left calf strain while rehabbing his right calf strain.

Stanton is in obvious jeopardy of missing the remaining five weeks of the season after straining a calf muscle for the third time since late April. It’s completely fair to question whether Stanton, heading into his age-37 campaign next year, will be able to stay healthy enough to have any sort of impact for New York. He still has one year and $25 million left, including a $25 million club option for 2028 that carries a $10 million buyout, on the mega-deal that he signed with the Marlins prior to the 2015 season.

He’ll do so against rehabbing hurlers Carlos Rodon and Clarke Schmidt. Stanton has been sidelined since April due to his calf injury. If all goes well with Monday’s session, he could be cleared to begin a minor league rehab assignment.

Whatever that means. It’s nice to hear that Stanton is “actually” doing well, but we don’t know what “a reasonable amount of time” is and it’s unclear if Boone does either. Stanton has had a few setbacks since first landing on the IL back in April and it’s unclear when he will return.

Stanton’s “setback” was a different injury to the same calf area. Regardless, it’s good news that he’s running again. We won’t get a good timetable on his comeback until he actually starts doing baseball activities, and Stanton figures to need a long rehab assignment to be ready.

Stanton remains in a bit of a holding pattern following a mid-June setback in his recovery from a calf strain that put him on the shelf back in late April. The 36-year-old veteran slugger will need to ramp up his running progression before there’s a clearer timetable for his potential return to New York’s lineup. It’s worth noting that Yankees manager Aaron Boone told reporters he believes Stanton will return this season. It feels safe to assume he’ll be out until sometime in August.

It’s at least a small step in the right direction for the 36-year-old slugger who has been shelved since the end of April due to a right calf strain. The Yankees have yet to place a timetable on his return, but it would be shocking to see him back before the All-Star break.

Stanton was shut down over the weekend to undergo imaging which revealed a pretty significant setback. The 36-year-old will be shut down from any activity for at least the next week before he’s cleared to get back on the field. He’s unlikely to make it back to New York for at least a couple weeks, barring any additional setbacks, which isn’t out of the question given his injury history.

Boone elaborated that Stanton felt some discomfort in his calf while running the bases earlier this week and could potentially undergo followup imaging to determine the severity of the issue. The 36-year-old veteran slugger was on the precipice of a rehab assignment prior to the setback. He’s been on the shelf with a calf strain since late April. There is no timetable for his return following this latest development.

Stanton’s glacial progress from a calf strain could have ben measured using a sun dial in recent weeks. The 36-year-old veteran slugger has finally been given the green light to resume running after being limited to hitting and plyometric exercises the past few weeks. He’s on track to make it back to New York’s lineup at some point in mid-June following a rehab assignment.