{"id":34043,"date":"2026-08-09T06:18:46","date_gmt":"2026-08-09T01:18:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=34043"},"modified":"2026-08-09T06:18:46","modified_gmt":"2026-08-09T01:18:46","slug":"aaron-boone-hints-at-giancarlo-stanton-progress-in-ambiguous-yankees-sign","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=34043","title":{"rendered":"Aaron Boone hints at Giancarlo Stanton progress in ambiguous Yankees sign"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>\r\n  atOptions = {\r\n    'key' : '644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6',\r\n    'format' : 'iframe',\r\n    'height' : 90,\r\n    'width' : 728,\r\n    'params' : {}\r\n  };\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.highperformanceformat.com\/644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div xmlns:default=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\">\n<p>Giancarlo Stanton is progressing and \u201cdoing quite well,\u201d according to manager Aaron Boone, who hinted but did not state that Stanton has reached a significant stage of his rehab.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Stanton, who jogged in the outfield Friday as he builds up following a pair of calf strains, has \u201cstarted the introduction to some bases,\u201d Boone said Saturday.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Running the bases is often the final hurdle to clear before a rehab assignment (or simply an activation, if Stanton holds form and skips time in the minor leagues). Stanton had been running the bases in June, when he was nearing a return from the original calf strain and suffered another.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Asked to clarify whether Stanton had run the bases, Boone reiterated that he \u201cintroed it in a light way [Friday].\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Boone has been consistently vague regarding developments concerning Stanton (and Aaron Judge) and did not want to shed further light on Stanton\u2019s status.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019ll be there when we get him there,\u201d Boone said before<a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/08\/08\/sports\/yankees-offense-does-the-job-in-second-straight-win-over-braves\/\"> the 5-4 win over the Braves<\/a> in The Bronx.\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><button class=\"button button--modal-trigger\" aria-label=\"Open the image in a modal.\" data-modal-image=\"40257201\"><br \/>\n\t<default:svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"icon-plus\" fill=\"#fff\" viewbox=\"0 0 1033 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wp-block-nypost-editor-primary-tag\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>Stanton has been sidelined since April 24 for an injury that no one imagined would cost at least 3 \u00b9\/\u2082 months.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Asked if Stanton is closer to returning in a week or in a month, Boone said, \u201cI don\u2019t know.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m not going to get in the predicting game of it,\u201d Boone added of Stanton, who faced live pitching for the first time this week since suffering the second calf strain. \u201cWe expect him back, and I would say he\u2019s doing quite well, but \u2018at what percent [he is running],\u2019 they\u2019ll tell me when it\u2019s time.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n<p>Gerrit Cole (seven innings, two runs on six hits with no walks and nine strikeouts) was excellent and consistently around the zone, 60 of his 82 pitches going for strikes. For his uptick, he credited better fastball command.\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<p>\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Yankees Trade Deadline Was A Disaster &amp; Lombard Gets Called Up | Pinstripe Post\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/O_mRYkQHWts?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p>In the only inning that he struggled, he also showed resilience. To begin the fifth, Mauricio Dub\u00f3n (double), Mike Yastrzemski (double), Austin Riley (single) and Jim Jarvis (single) rapped off four consecutive hits that plated a pair of runs and gave the Braves a narrow and brief lead.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>But with a pair of runners on base and the game perhaps in the balance, Cole used a biting slider to strike out Drake Baldwin, got Ronald Acu\u00f1a Jr. to fly out and then needed just three pitches \u2014 the third a 98.8 mph fastball \u2014 to strike out Matt Olson, whom Cole has owned in his career. That strikeout was the 1,000th of Cole\u2019s Yankees tenure.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was really cool to do it today,\u201d Cole said of 1,000. \u201cToday [being Old-Timers\u2019 Day], plus the win, at home \u2014 it\u2019s kind of how you draw it up, I guess.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen I think about it, I just feel really blessed.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n<p>Despite a lefty in Chris Sale on the mound for Atlanta and a righty in Grant Holmes expected to start Sunday, Boone started Austin Wells, who went 1-for-2 with a double, against the southpaw.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"product-spotlight product-spotlight-block wp-block-nypost-editor-product-spotlight\">\n<p>\n\t\t\tYankees Merch Shop\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\tNew York Post receives revenue from affiliate and advertising partnerships for sharing this content and when you make a purchase.\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\u201cI like him with Gerrit,\u201d Boone said of Wells, who entered having caught Cole 10 times this season, Cole sporting a 2.88 ERA in those games.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In the lone game Ali S\u00e1nchez caught Cole, Cole allowed five earned runs in 4 \u00b9\/\u2083 innings.\u00a0<\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n<p>In his first rehab start with Triple-A Scranton\/Wilkes-Barre, Carlos Rod\u00f3n allowed three runs on three hits and two walks while striking out four in 2 \u00b2\/\u2083 innings. 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