
Yankees’ DH race down to three with Giancarlo Stanton’s return date unknown
NY Post
TAMPA — The cosmic event that is Gerrit Cole’s surgery has eclipsed all other issues facing the Yankees, including a significant one.
The club also has lost its intimidating designated hitter indefinitely and is hosting an open competition for his replacement(s).
With Giancarlo Stanton’s return date unknown, who will be their DH?
“We feel really good about some left-handed options we have for right-handed pitchers,” manager Aaron Boone said of a competition that appears down to three. “Guys that we feel like can be really good hitters for us.”

SAN DIEGO — As you may have seen elsewhere in this newspaper (and also if you haven’t deleted me yet from your social media), I have a book coming out Tuesday called “The Bosses of The Bronx.” Much of it details the 37 years’ worth of antics, winning, losing, winning again and overall mania of George Steinbrenner’s time with the Yankees.

Cade Cunningham, almost inarguably the best player in the East this season, is likely out for the remainder of the regular season. That’s the word out of Detroit following the depressing news that Cunningham punctured a lung when he took a knee to his side Tuesday from Washington’s Tre Johnson while chasing a loose ball.

Wednesday was another positive day at Yankees camp. For the first time since March 6, 2025 — an outing in which he knew “something wasn’t right,” which began a weeks-long saga that ended on the operating table for Tommy John surgery — Gerrit Cole was back on a mound and facing hitters in game action.










