Yankees' Giancarlo Stanton goes on IL with strained hamstring - ESPN

NEW YORK — Yankees slugger Giancarlo Stanton went on the injured list for the eighth time in six seasons Sunday, a day after straining his left hamstring.

A 34-year-old former MVP, Stanton left Saturday night's 8-3 win over the Atlanta Braves and was scheduled to undergo imaging Sunday. Stanton doubled off the center-field wall in the fourth inning and winced when he rounded third base on Gleyber Torres' double. Trent Grisham pinch hit for Stanton leading off the sixth.

Stanton missed 266 of 708 games (38%) over the past five seasons.

He appeared to be walking gingerly as he exited the locker room Saturday night.

«Obviously he's dealt with these kind of things in the past,» manager Aaron Boone said. «So hopefully it's not something that keeps him down too long.»

Yankees general manager Brian Cashman had said Nov. 13 at the annual GM meetings: «He's going to wind up getting hurt again more likely than not because it seems to be part of his game.»

When a visibly slimmer Stanton reported to spring training, he said succinctly: «He knows my reaction to that.»

Stanton played in 69 of the Yankees' first 79 games this season — none in the field — and is hitting .246 with 18 homers and 45 RBIs. The active leader in home runs with 420, he is in the midst of his healthiest season with the Yankees since he played in 158 games in 2018, his first after he was acquired from the Miami Marlins.

He missed 266 games the previous five seasons due to a strained right biceps and strained posterior cruciate ligament in his right knee (2019), strained left hamstring (2020), strained left quadriceps (2021), right ankle inflammation and left Achilles tendinitis (2022) and a strained left hamstring (2023).

«He's been such a force for this