Giancarlo Stanton was not activated before Friday night’s series opener in Boston, despite seemingly having wrapped up his rehab assignment earlier this week. Manager Aaron Boone told reporters pregame that Stanton was in the Bronx on Friday, working out at Yankee Stadium instead of joining the club at Fenway Park.

New York Yankees star slugger Giancarlo Stanton appears to be closer to returning to the lineup. Stanton, who has been sidelined for the entire 2025 season so far with injuries in both his elbows, will begin a minor league rehab assignment with the Somerset Patriots on Tuesday night, per Bryan Hoch of MLB.com.

The Yankees’ Giancarlo Stanton began a rehab assignment at Double-A Somerset on Tuesday night, though New York manager Aaron Boone said that it was too early to tell when the slugger might return to t