Yankees' Giancarlo Stanton Nears Return with Rehab Assignment originally appeared on Athlon Sports. The light is finally at the end of the tunnel for Yankees’ slugger Giancarlo Stanton as news broke on Tuesday that the five-time All-Star is set to begin his rehab assignment with the Double-A Somerset Patriots.

Stanton will start a rehab assignment with Double-A Somerset on Tuesday night, batting second for the Patriots at TD Bank Ballpark. It’ll be the slugger’s first in-game at-bats of the season as he’s been sidelined all year with tennis elbow in both of his arms.

The Yankees’ Giancarlo Stanton began a rehab assignment at Double-A Somerset on Tuesday night, though New York manager Aaron Boone said that it was too early to tell when the slugger might return to t

In the fifth season of a six-year, $90 million contract with the Yankees, LeMahieu has struggled. After missing the beginning of the season with injury, he's returned to slash just .258/.333/.371 in 62 at-bats so far.

The Yankees announced that the designated hitter will start a rehab assignment with Double-A Somerset on Tuesday night. The reveal follows months of nondescript and uncertain updates on the slugger, who missed all of spring training due to tennis elbows.

BRIDGEWATER, N.J. — New York Yankees designated hitter Giancarlo Stanton didn’t rule out potentially making his season debut vs. the Boston Red Sox at Fenway Park this weekend. “I don’t know,” he said. “I’m not sure.”

Ever since canceling the Old Timers Game last year, the Yankees have been looking for a way to revive this beloved mid-summer ritual. It’s not as easy as it sounds, as insiders say it Derek Jeter, of all people, who nixed the event.

Yankees eyeing third baseman as insider highlights key trade originally appeared on Athlon Sports. Add Bradford Doolittle of ESPN to the chorus. This week he suggesting what we've been urging for months. It's time the New York Yankees make a play for Arizona third baseman Eugenio Suarez.