Giancarlo Stanton is headed back to the injured list.
The Yankees placed Stanton on the IL Sunday with a left hamstring strain and recalled Oswald Peraza from Triple-A ahead of their series finale against the Twins.
Stanton went 1-for-4 on Saturday before being pulled for a pinch-runner in the seventh inning after crushing a two-run double thatThe Yankees could use a mix of players there while Stanton is out, including Calhoun, DJ LeMahieu and Josh Donaldson, who is expected to come back from a hamstring strain at some point this week.
Through 13 games — including five starts in the outfield — Stanton was batting .269 with four home runs and an .854 OPS. Stanton has missed time early in the season in the past with other soft-tissue injuries, including a calf strain in May of 2022, a quad strain in May of 2021 and a hamstring strain in August of 2020 .
Giancarlo Stanton hits a two-run double during the seventh inning of the Yankees’ game against the Twins on April 15, 2023.Charles Wenzelberg/NY PostPeraza could see some time around the infield after starting the season at Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre following the spring training shortstop competition that Anthony Volpe won.
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