Yankees slugger Giancarlo Stanton has been out for the duration of the 2025 season due to injuries in both of his elbows. These last few weeks, he's been steadily making progress and on Thursday, Yankees manager Aaron Boone said that Stanton is taking live batting practice the rest of the week and "potentially" could start a minor-league rehab assignment next week (via Newsday).

Nearly two weeks after Yankees general manager Brian Cashman said Stanton was "getting really close to doing a rehab assignment," Boone said on Wednesday that Stanton would be in New York and advance to next steps imminently. On May 25, Cashman told MLB Network Radio that Stanton was hitting off of a pitching machine and "doing everything."

Aaron Boone gives an unclear update on Giancarlo Stanton's status as the New York Yankees await key rehab news.

The Guardians surprised the Yankees 4-0 in the middle game Wednesday night, as RHP Luis Ortiz baffled New York with 5 2/3 scoreless innings with 7 strikeouts on 92 pitches, while the bullpen took over and tossed 3 1/3 innings of scoreless baseball with just 2 hits and no walks on 46 pitches.

The Red Sox are still trying to turn things around, but 2004 World Series champ Kevin Millar thinks Wednesday's walk-off win could be the spark Boston has needed.

Pregame analysis and predictions of the Cleveland Guardians vs. New York Yankees MLB game to be played on June 4, 2025 on ESPN.

Athlon Sports. The New York Yankees were dealt a brutal blow to start the week as closer Luke Weaver could miss the next 4-6 weeks due to a hamstring injury, as reported by ESPN's Jeff Passan on Monday.

The Yankees announced on Tuesday that the closer, who underwent an MRI on Monday, had been diagnosed with a left hamstring strain and was placed on the 15-day injured list. Though the Yankees declined to give a timeline for Weaver’s return – “Hopefully it’s on the shorter end of things,