Yankees' Stanton to IL, will miss London trip

New York Yankees outfielder Giancarlo Stanton is returning to the 10-day injured list with a strained right PCL and will miss this weekend's trip to London, manager Aaron Boone told reporters Wednesday.

Boone told reporters before Wednesday's 8-7 win over the Toronto Blue Jays that Stanton would "probably" join the Yankees for their two-game series in London against the Boston Red Sox and would not go on the IL, citing a clean MRI on Stanton's knee. After the game, however, he said Stanton will indeed be moved to the IL and will be re-evaluated in 10 days.

Boone had previously said the team will take a cautious approach with the slugger.

"Tests were good," Boone told reporters Wednesday morning. "There's no swelling in there, but he's a bit sore and stuff. He's going through treatment right now. Nothing as far as (injured list) moves or anything like that. We're kind of seeing how the next few hours unfold, and even the next few days."

Stanton exited Tuesday's game against the Blue Jays after the third inning due to a right knee contusion.

He singled to left in his first at-bat Tuesday and appeared to hurt himself sliding awkwardly into third headfirst when Toronto pitcher Clayton Richard spiked his hand. He took second when Luke Voit hit a ground ball that third baseman Vladimir Guerrero Jr. grabbed on a diving attempt, then Stanton tried to reach third on the throw to first.

Stanton returned to the lineup on June 18 after missing 68 games with a torn left bicep, a strained left shoulder and a strained left calf. He hit his first homer Monday and is 9-for-31 (.290) with seven RBIs in nine games this season.

"Hopefully, it's not something that's too long, and we get him back up and running pretty soon, because I feel like over the past couple days, his timing had been getting pretty good, so hopefully this is a small bump in the road, but we'll just have to see," Boone said.

--Field Level Media