Julie Jacobson/Associated Press New York Yankees slugger Giancarlo Stanton suffered a setback in his rehab that could keep him off the field for longer. Manager Aaron Boone provided the latest updates on the star: The outfielder got off to a slow start to the year due to a biceps strain, which resulted in his first trip to the injured list over the past few years. It now seems a shoulder injury will keep him off the field for a little longer. Stanton has only appeared in three games this season, going 2-for-8 with seven walks and zero extra-base hits. The 29-year-old had been limited by injuries for much of his career but had better luck lately, missing only five games in the 2017 and '18 seasons. That unsurprisingly coincided with some of the best baseball of his career. After winning the NL MVP in 2017 with a league-leading 59 home runs and 132 RBI for the Miami Marlins, he followed it up with 38 home runs and 100 RBI in his first year with the Yankees. An extended absence would not only be a setback for Stanton, but it could also hurt a Yankees team that has high expectations this season but continues to be devastated by injuries. Stanton's absence could lead to more at-bats for Luke Voit at designated hitter and Mike Tauchman in the outfield.<doc-sep>The New York Yankees have been decimated by injuries this season. They've still managed a winning record thus far despite presently having 12 players -- most of them core contributors -- on the injured list. The good news is that catcher Gary Sanchez returns Wednesday night, but that's outweighed by yet another dose of bad news. First, there's this regarding slugger Giancarlo Stanton, who's been sidelined with a biceps injury since April 1. The biceps is healed, but now he's developed a shoulder issue: The Yankees had been hoping that Stanton would be able to return soon, but per Hoch he now won't be back before May 3, when the Yankees return home from their current West Coast swing. Needless to say, Stanton's power will be a welcome presence in the lineup, but for now it's uncertain when said presence will be in said lineup. The Yanks would not have been able to withstand the loss of Stanton -- and, more recently, Aaron Judge -- if not for the contributions of young outfielder Clint Frazier, who's batted .324/.342/.632 with six home runs in 18 games. Frazier, though, injured his ankle on Monday night while sliding, and it's not yet healing as hoped. Now here's this: Obviously, it's not a good sign that Frazier required an MRI, and the hope now is that he'll be able to avoid the IL -- especially since the Yankees aren't going to be getting back any outfielders right away.<doc-sep>ANAHEIM, Calif. — While running through the long list of his players on the IL — that now includes Clint Frazier — Yankees manager Aaron Boone said that Giancarlo Stanton had a residual problem in his left shoulder that required a cortisone shot. He is on the IL with a strained left biceps. “He has had some residual stuff with his shoulder,’’ Boone said before the Yankees’ 7-5 win over the Angels on Wednesday night. “He got a shot, here, a couple of days ago. So he is in Day 2 or 3 of not swinging.’’ According to Boone, Stanton will remain in Southern California to work with a rehab specialist and rejoin the team in Arizona next week. No date has been given when Stanton, who has been out since April 1 and has played in three games, will return. Miguel Andujar is one of four players working out in Tampa. No decision has been made whether to operate on his right shoulder and Boone said the third baseman is making progress. “Not a final decision but it seems Miggy is doing really well,’’ Boone said. “There is a chance this weekend he could start getting some at-bats in extended spring and maybe start making a decision as far as a rehab assignment or something like that.’’ Based on what Boone saw from Andujar’s throwing program at home on Sunday, he wasn’t throwing 100 percent, but “he was getting after it. Watching it, it was encouraging.’’ Boone said Troy Tulowitzki (left calf strain) could be close to playing in extended spring games. Boone also said Aaron Hicks (lower back strain) did all of his outfield work on Wednesday and was getting close to facing live pitching. … Didi Gregorius (Tommy John surgery on right elbow) is making throws from shortstop and taking batting practice on the field. In addition to having reached base in 35 straight games, Luke Voit’s 11-game hitting streak is the longest by a Yankee this season. He also had hit 20 homers in 55 games since Aug. 24, 2018, leading the AL during that stretch. With 62 career triples, Brett Gardner started Wednesday with the Yankees’ third-most triples since 1950. Mickey Mantle (72) and Derek Jeter (66) are first and second. He went 0-for-4. The Yankees have pitched Mike Trout carefully in the first three games against the Angels, and it’s paying off. Yankees pitchers limited the best player in baseball to one hit in nine at-bats and walked him five times (once intentionally).<doc-sep>The New York Yankees defeated the Los Angeles Angels on Wednesday night, fighting back from a 5-0 deficit to win by a 6-5 final. After the game, manager Aaron Boone announced yet another Yankee was heading to the injured list -- yes, really: outfielder Clint Frazier, whose brilliant start to the season was interrupted by an ankle injury. In a corresponding move, the Yankees promoted reliever Joe Harvey to the big-league roster: Frazier had hit .324/.342/.632 with six home runs in 73 trips to the plate. His placement on the IL wasn't the only bad news the Yankees announced on Wednesday either, as Giancarlo Stanton required a cortisone shot in his shoulder -- remember, he went to the IL due to a biceps injury: Fortunately, for the Yankees, it does appear that Miguel Andujar, Troy Tulowitzki, and Aaron Hicks are getting closer to returning: Frazier is the 13th Yankees player currently on the injured list, joining Stanton, Hicks, Tulowitzki, Andujar, Aaron Judge, Jacoby Ellsbury, Didi Gregorius, Greg Bird, Luis Severino, Jordan Montgomery, Dellin Betances, and Ben Heller. Phew. That group includes the Yankees' five top performers from last season, per Wins Above Replacement. In total, those players combined to be worth nearly 30 wins for the 2018 Yankees. Yet despite all that sidelined talent, and despite losing 40 more days to injury than anyone else in baseball, the Yankees are in a relatively nice spot. They entered Thursday 14-10 and riding a six-game winning streak that has left them just 1.5 games behind the Tampa Bay Rays. There's at least a chance the Yankees end the week in first place in the American League East. Given how deep onto their depth chart the Yankees have to dig to field a starting nine, that would be a remarkable achievement.<doc-sep>
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — New day, another significant injury for the Yankees. On Thursday, they sent Clint Frazier to the injured list with a sprained left ankle. The 24-year-old outfielder is the 15th player the Bombers have put on the list since the season started. Just hours earlier, the team announced that slugger Giancarlo Stanton, who has played in just three games this season due to a strained left biceps, has a residual problem in his left shoulder that required a recent cortisone shot. Frazier, who is hitting .324 with six homers and 17 RBIs, was placed on the 10-day IL. He was hurt Monday night sliding into second base on a pickoff attempt when he became entangled with Angels shortstop Andrelton Simmons in the 12th inning. Frazier remained in the game and scored and finished New York’s 14-inning win. The ankle swelled, and he didn’t play Tuesday or Wednesday, when he had an MRI. “They feel it is a 10 to 14-day thing so we don’t feel like it is a long thing,” manager Aaron Boone said prior to the Yankees’ 6-5 victory in Anaheim on Wednesday. “(Frazier) feels like he could play or is close to playing but the MRI exam revealed enough in there of a partial tear and stuff and it is going to cost him.” After a 2018 season wrecked by a spring training concussion, Frazier started this season at Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre and was called up because of the Yankees’ spate of injuries. Boone said Stanton will remain in Southern California to continue rehab and then will rejoin the team in Arizona next week. There’s no announced timetable for his return to the lineup. As for third baseman Miguel Andujar, who has a right shoulder labrum tear, Boone said he has been working out in Florida and making progress, but added no decision has been made on whether he will require surgery. “There is a chance this weekend he could start getting some at-bats in extended spring and maybe start making a decision as far as a rehab assignment or something like that,” Boone said, adding the young infielder “was getting after it” during his throwing program. Despite all the injuries, the Yankees have managed to win six consecutive games and now sit just 1 1/2 games out of first place in the AL East, thanks in large part to the young players called up from the minors to replace their wounded.