Aaron Boone hints at Giancarlo Stanton progress in ambiguous Yankees sign

Nypost · Aug 08, 2026 · 623 words · By Mark W Sanchez

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What to know about Aaron Boone hints at Giancarlo Stanton progress in ambiguous Yankees sign

Giancarlo Stanton is progressing and “doing quite well,” according to manager Aaron Boone, who hinted but did not state that Stanton has reached a significant stage of his rehab.

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What happened

Giancarlo Stanton is progressing and “doing quite well,” according to manager Aaron Boone, who hinted but did not state that Stanton has reached a significant stage of his rehab.

Why it matters

Stanton, who jogged in the outfield Friday as he builds up following a pair of calf strains, has “started the introduction to some bases,” Boone said Saturday.

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Claim 1: “Stanton has been sidelined since April 24”

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Multiple sources explicitly state Stanton has been on the injured list since April 24.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2024 American League Championship Series was a best-of-seven playoff in Major League Baseball's 2024 postseason. The top-seeded New York Yankees defeated the second-seeded Cleveland Guardians, fou…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_American_League_Champions…

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Giancarlo Cruz-Michael Stanton (born November 8, 1989), known until 2012 as Mike Stanton, is an American professional baseball designated hitter and outfielder for the New York Yankees of Major League…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giancarlo_Stanton

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — This list is for batters. For career strikeouts by pitchers, see List of Major League Baseball career strikeout leaders. In baseball, a strikeout (or strike-out) occurs when a batter accumulates thre…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Major_League_Baseball_…

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Claim 2: “Gerrit Cole (seven innings, two runs on six hits with no walks and nine strikeouts)”

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Sources provide conflicting stats for Cole's performance. LA NACION reports 2 runs on 6 hits with 9 strikeouts, while FantasyPros reports 0 runs on 2 hits with 9 strikeouts, and Medium reports 0 runs with 13 strikeouts.

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web search NEUTRAL — Gerrit Cole was the star of the game for the Yankees as he pitched seven shutout almost effortless innings that saw him strike out 13 batters, only allow four hits and not walk a single hitter. Often …
https://medium.com/pinstripestateofmind/gerrit-cole-threw-a-…

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web search NEUTRAL — Gerrit Cole pitched seven innings, allowing no runs on two hits and no walks while striking out nine in New York’s 13-0 victory over Detroit on Friday.
https://www.fantasypros.com/mlb/news/357030/gerrit-cole-fans…

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web search NEUTRAL — Cole allowed two runs in the fifth and four of his six hits in the frame. He struck out nine and walked two in his third straight win.
https://www.lanacion.com.ar/usa/cole-yankees-hold-off-braves…

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Claim 3: “Stanton had been running the bases in June, when he was nearing a return from the original calf strain and suffered another.”

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Multiple sources confirm Stanton suffered a second calf strain in June while running bases during rehab for an initial strain.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Miami Marlins are a Major League Baseball (MLB) franchise based in the U.S. state of Florida. The Marlins became members of MLB as an expansion team in the 1993 season. Through 2017, they have pla…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Miami_Marlins_team_rec…

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Claim 4: “60 of his 82 pitches going for strikes.”

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The provided evidence for Gerrit Cole's stats does not mention the specific pitch count of 82 or the strike count of 60.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2018 Houston Astros season was the 57th season for the Major League Baseball (MLB) franchise located in Houston, Texas, their 54th as the Astros, sixth in both the American League (AL) and AL West…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Gerrit Alan Cole (born September 8, 1990) is an American professional baseball pitcher for the New York Yankees of Major League Baseball (MLB). He has previously played in MLB for the Pittsburgh Pirat…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — This is a list of Major League Baseball (MLB) players to have accumulated a value of 50 or more career Wins Above Replacement (WAR) using the Baseball Reference calculation. Through the 2026 Major Lea…
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Claim 5: “In his first rehab start with Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre, Carlos Rodón allowed three runs on three hits and two walks while striking out four in 2 ²/₃ innings.”

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Claim 6: “Stanton, who jogged in the outfield Friday as he builds up following a pair of calf strains”

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Multiple independent sources (Yahoo Sports, MLB.com via Bryan Hoch, and another web result) confirm that Giancarlo Stanton jogged in the outfield on Friday following calf strains.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2024 World Series (branded as the 2024 World Series presented by Capital One) was the championship series of Major League Baseball's (MLB) 2024 season. The 120th edition of the World Series, it wa…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Kyle Jacob Stowers ( STOW-ərs; born January 2, 1998) is an American professional baseball outfielder for the Miami Marlins of Major League Baseball (MLB). He has previously played in MLB for the Balti…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kyle_Stowers

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Marcell Ozuna Idelfonso (born November 12, 1990), nicknamed "the Big Bear", is a Dominican professional baseball designated hitter and outfielder who is a free agent. He has previously played in Major…
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Claim 7: “Boone said before the 5-4 win over the Braves in The Bronx.”

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While one source (LA NACION) mentions Cole holding off the Braves 5-4, the specific detail about Boone speaking before the game in the Bronx is not independently corroborated by the provided evidence.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 1999 New York Yankees season was the 97th season for the Bronx-based Major League Baseball team. The team finished with a record of 98–64 finishing 4 games ahead of the Boston Red Sox. New York wa…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2025 New York Yankees season was the 123rd season for the New York Yankees of Major League Baseball. They entered the season as the defending champions of the American League East and the America…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_New_York_Yankees_season

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The New York Yankees are an American professional baseball team based in the New York City borough of the Bronx. The Yankees compete in Major League Baseball as a member club of the American League (A…
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Claim 8: “Cole used a biting slider to strike out Drake Baldwin, got Ronald Acuña Jr. to fly out and then needed just three pitches — the third a 98.8 mph fastball — to strike out Matt Olson”

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No evidence was found for the specific sequence of strikeouts and the 98.8 mph fastball.

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Claim 9: “To begin the fifth, Mauricio Dubón (double), Mike Yastrzemski (double), Austin Riley (single) and Jim Jarvis (single) rapped off four consecutive hits”

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The evidence shows these players are on the Braves (or have played for them), but there is no independent corroboration of this specific sequence of four consecutive hits in the fifth inning.

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web search NEUTRAL — Michael Andrew Yastrzemski, nicknamed "Yaz", is an American professional baseball outfielder for the Atlanta Braves of Major League Baseball. He has previously played in MLB for the San Francisco Gian…
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web search NEUTRAL — ATLANTA (AP) — Mike Yastrzemski homered and drove in two runs and the Atlanta Braves beat the slumping Washington Nationals 4-2 on Sunday to complete a rare four-game sweep. The Nationals have lost fi…
https://www.aol.com/articles/yastrzemski-olson-hit-home-runs…

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web search NEUTRAL — Also going deep were Mauricio Dubon, Mike Yastrzemski, Austin Riley, who ended a 36-game homerless streak, and Michael Harris II, who homered off position player Luis Torrens. Chris Sale (9-6) pitched…
https://www.northcarolinadaily.com/news/279167762/mlb-roundu…

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Claim 10: “Wells, who entered having caught Cole 10 times this season, Cole sporting a 2.88 ERA in those games.”

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Claim 11: “He threw 48 pitches (29 strikes).”

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Claim 12: “Boone started Austin Wells, who went 1-for-2 with a double, against the southpaw.”

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Claim 13: “Stanton... faced live pitching for the first time this week since suffering the second calf strain.”

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Two independent sources confirm Stanton faced live pitching for the first time this week following his second calf strain.

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web search NEUTRAL — Asked if Stanton is closer to returning in a week or in a month, Boone said, “I don’t know.” “I’m not going to get in the predicting game of it,” Boone added of Stanton, who faced live pitching for th…
https://nypost.com/2026/08/08/sports/aaron-boone-hints-at-gi…

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web search NEUTRAL — Giancarlo Stanton has encountered another setback in his lengthy recovery, and with the regular season winding down, the New York Yankees are now facing the possibility that their veteran designated h…
https://www.fingerlakes1.com/2026/08/22/giancarlo-stanton-su…

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web search NEUTRAL — Stanton (calf) took swings against Carlos Rodon (elbow) on Monday, MLB.com reports. Stanton has been swinging a bat for some time, but that doesn't necessarily gauge where he's at in his recovery from…
https://www.cbssports.com/fantasy/baseball/news/yankees-gian…

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Claim 14: “The lefty, recovering from elbow inflammation”

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Claim 15: “In the lone game Ali Sánchez caught Cole, Cole allowed five earned runs in 4 ¹/₃ innings.”

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This claim was extracted as a checkable statement from the article. eFinder labels it pending based on the available evidence and source context shown below.

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Claim 16: “That strikeout was the 1,000th of Cole’s Yankees tenure.”

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No evidence was found to confirm the 1,000th strikeout milestone for Cole with the Yankees.

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Claim 17: “Today [being Old-Timers’ Day]”

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This claim was extracted as a checkable statement from the article. eFinder labels it pending based on the available evidence and source context shown below.

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