New York Yankees outfielder Giancarlo Stanton helped the team complete a three-game sweep of the Baltimore Orioles to start the week. He went 5-for-11 at the plate in the series, compiling one home run, one walk and five RBI. The 32-year-old slugger is now slashing .243/.257/.386 with three home runs, 13 RBI and four runs over 18 games on the year. His 96.7 mph average exit velocity and 118.8 mph max exit velocity both lead the majors and he has a 99th percentile barrel rate (23.4%). Despite ...

New York Yankees outfielder Giancarlo Stanton is absent from the starting lineup for Wednesday's game against Jose Berrios and the Toronto Blue Jays. Josh Donaldson is slotting in as designated hitter for the game while Aaron Judge is covering right field. Yankees manager Aaron Boone has been working in rest days for all of the Yankees' regulars. This will be Stanton's first day off of the year. Through five games this season, Stanton has gone 5-for-20 with two home runs, five RBI and two ...

New York Yankees DH Giancarlo Stanton went 0-for-1 with two walks and a strikeout in a 10-0 win over the Atlanta Braves in Grapefruit League action on Saturday. Stanton enjoyed a relatively healthy season in 2021 and finished with 35 homers in 139 games played. The veteran slugger possesses huge power upside in his bat, although he appeared in just 41 total games combined from 2019 to 2020. Stanton's bat offsets his injury risk and he is worth considering as a top-24 fantasy outfielder in 2022.

If you've watched a baseball broadcast in the Statcast Era, you have undoubtedly noticed the broadcasters commenting on a batted ball's exit velocity, or EV. Many have taken to using stats like Hard% and Soft% to forecast how a player should be performing, expecting larger Hard% rates to produce larger BABIP and HR/FB figures. There is a relationship there, but it is not as clear-cut as you might think.The hardest batted ball of the 2021 season was struck by Giancarlo Stanton. It was clocked at ...

New York Yankees outfielder Giancarlo Stanton bounced back strong in 2021 after two injury-riddled seasons in the Bronx. Many fans and fantasy managers were skeptical that he could get back to his 2017 NL MVP form but he nearly did so, finishing fourth in AL MVP voting last year. He produced 35 homers and 97 RBI, second on the team behind only Aaron Judge, with a .273 batting average. His 64 runs scored might be disappointing and one can't help but think his R+RBI totals could have been higher...

New York Yankees outfielder/designated hitter Giancarlo Stanton went 2-for-5 with a home run, a double, and three RBI in Tuesday's win over the Blue Jays. Stanton left the yard for the fourth consecutive game, blowing the contest open in the seventh inning with his 107 MPH, 421-foot blast. He later ripped a 105.3 MPH double. Stanton is in a different kind of zone at the plate right now, as he's riding a six-game hitting streak with four straight multi-hit contests, including 15 RBI in that ...

New York Yankees designated hitter/outfielder Giancarlo Stanton belted a two-run homer, his third straight long ball in the series, to help his team complete the sweep of the Red Sox. Stanton's blast traveled 448 feet at a whopping 116.4 MPH. The slugger became the first Yankees player to record 10-plus RBI in a series at Fenway Park. Stanton owns a .632 slugging percentage with nine homers, 22 RBI, and nine runs scored in 87 September at-bats, as he continues to lead the charge for the Yankees...

New York Yankees designated hitter/outfielder Giancarlo Stanton went 3-for-5 with a three-run homer, an RBI groundout, and a double in Friday's 8-3 win over the Red Sox. Stanton's 108.4 MPH opposite-field blast gave the Yankees a 6-0 lead in the third inning. The slugger is slashing .275/.298/.563 with seven homers, 16 RBI, and seven runs scored. Stanton's plate discipline, 22:3 strikeout-to-walk ratio, has been awful, but he is powering the Yankees and fantasy managers to a strong finish. ...

New York Yankees designated hitter/outfielder Giancarlo Stanton clobbered his 31st homer of the season in Tuesday's win over the Rangers. Stanton got every bit of his home run ball, giving it a 415-foot ride into the seats at 118.5 MPH. The 31-year-old has been a strong hitter this season, as he has slashed .268/.351/.499 with 31 homers, 83 RBI, and 58 runs scored. Arguably even more impressive than his numbers is that he has managed to stay healthy despite making 24 starts in the outfield. ...

New York Yankees outfielder/designated hitter Giancarlo Stanton went 1-for-4 with a solo homer in Friday's win over the Indians. Stanton clubbed one of five Yankee homers, sending a ball 407 feet into the outfield seats at 106 MPH. The veteran slugger has come back down to earth after an otherworldly August but has still posted solid numbers in September, as he owns a .853 OPS with four homers and eight RBI 57 at-bats. Stanton has been a steady, four-category producer for fantasy managers this ...