New York Yankees put slugger Giancarlo Stanton on 10-day injured list because of sore ankle

NEW YORK — Yankees slugger Giancarlo Stanton is on the injured list for the fourth straight season.

Stanton was placed on the 10-day IL on Wednesday as the ailing Yankees made a flurry of roster moves less than an hour before their 2-0 victory over Baltimore in the series finale.

Manager Aaron Boone later clarified the injury to the star's right lower leg was an inflamed ankle after the team had announced it was a strained calf strain.

«He is feeling pretty good,» Boone said before the game. «I think we hope that he said something early enough to where this doesn't become long.»

New York also put struggling reliever Jonathan Loaisiga on the 15-day injured list, retroactive to May 23, with right shoulder inflammation — the latest blow to a depleted bullpen that had shined most of the season.

«Similar to what he dealt with last year. Probably not as severe. So, just feel like it's probably something that as a precaution, we need to be smart here and take a couple weeks and hopefully that's all it is,» Boone said. «We believe it's something hopefully minor. We're going to treat him symptomatically.»

Joey Gallo was reinstated from the COVID-19 injured list and started at designated hitter. Third baseman Josh Donaldson remained on the COVID-19 list, and All-Star infielder DJ LeMahieu was out of the lineup for the second consecutive night because of left wrist discomfort.

LeMahieu was feeling better after a cortisone shot Tuesday and the team hopes to have him back in a day or two.

Boone said he thought Donaldson was going to receive an IV, and the 2015 AL MVP was feeling better after his fever broke overnight. But the manager wasn't sure if Donaldson would travel with the Yankees to Florida for a four-game set at AL East