The results so far are not uniform for the New York Yankees, but not for Giancarlo Stanton.
With two omers in as many games, Stanton hopes to continue his hot start on Sunday afternoon when the Yankees visit the Washington Nationals for the rubber game of a three-game series.
“I feel locked up,” Stanton told reporters after Saturday’s game. “I have a good approach and I must continue.”
Stanton scored solid numbers two years ago when he beat .266 with 38 homers and 100 RBI in 158 games in his first season with the Yankees, but injuries have been the main storyline for the lazy since the start of last season. . In 2019 he was limited to 59 at-bat in 18 games, was reinitialized during the self-supporting season and then injured his calf at the start of this spring training.
The calf injury would have made Stanton lose the first few weeks of the 2020 season if it had started on schedule, but with the extra time to recover in the delay induced by the pandemic of the season, he now seems completely healthy. In Thursday’s 4-1 win, he paid homage to Max Scherzer and led three races. In the Yankees’ 9-2 defeat on Saturday, Stanton’s 483-foot humerus off Erick Fedde raised many eyebrows.
“He looks good,” said Yankees manager Aaron Boone. “I feel like he’s in such a good mood. I think he’s feeling really good physically, and then he’s putting together a really good game plan and he’s doing good accounts.”
Stanton has 36 career killings against citizens, and the next pitcher he will face is Patrick Corbin, who starts the second year of a six-year, $ 140 million contract. The Yankees chased Corbin after the 2018 season, but were reportedly willing to offer only five years.
Like many pitchers, Corbin sometimes fought Stanton, who is 6 times 16 (.375) with two humeri against him.
In his first year with Washington, Corbin was 14-7 with a 3.25 ERA in 33 starts. He ended with 238 strikeouts after hitting 246 in his last season for Arizona, and his 202 innings were the second in most of his career.
Corbin prepared for this season by conceding two runs and six shots out of five innings in an exhibition game against Baltimore on Tuesday.
Corbin actually faced the Yankees on March 12 in an exhibition game before the sport closed for four months. His only regular season appearance against the Yankees was an inning, no decision for Arizona on April 18, 2013.
Corbin will launch on the pitch after citizens have passed five errors hitting three humeri on Saturday. Victor Robles scored, drove four times and had three hits, while Asdrubal Cabrera and Michael Taylor joined.
“This is what these guys do,” said Washington manager Dave Martinez. “They love being close to each other. They know that we are in different circumstances. But they will take each other. “
Robles’ big night happened while Juan Soto remains on the injured list after testing positive for COVID-19.
“He definitely wasted a lot of time here,” said Robles through a translator. “But individually, we all have a role. We all know what our job is. It’s just a matter of doing your job and helping the team win, in every possible way. “
The Yankees have not announced their initial launch plans for Sunday, but will likely use the opener at the point normally taken by Masahiro Tanaka, who is recovering from a concussion suffered in a simulated game on July 4th when Stanton hit a line ahead.
The opener could be Chad Green, who did it 15 times last season and went 0-1 with a 3.72 in those appearances.
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