Giancarlo Stanton in live batting practice against Yankees' closer David Bednar Giancarlo Stanton in live batting practice against Yankees' closer David Bednar, Feb. 16, 2026, at Tampa, Fla. TAMPA, Fla. – There was no spring training surprise with Giancarlo Stanton in this Yankees camp. “Ready to go,’’ said Stanton on Tuesday, about the one-year anniversary when he arrived in Florida with elbow issues that delayed his entry until mid-June. As a slugging right-handed hitter, the designated hitter’s “presence in the middle of the lineup is really big,’’ said manager Aaron Boone, who “really noticed it’’ in 2024. Following a lost 2023 season, Stanton was “such a presence’’...
