The Latest Breaking News from Giancarlo Stanton

Giancarlo Stanton absolutely destroyed this 47 mph pitch.

NEW YORK — Aaron Judge got one home run closer to Roger Maris, Gerrit Cole mowed down the Twins with 14 strikeouts and the decimated Yankees swept a doubleheader in the Bronx.

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — The Yankees continue to take body blows. Saturday afternoon they had to put Andrew Benintendi on the injured list with what they are calling right wrist inflammation. The left fielder, who left Friday night’s game after feeling something pop during a third-inning swing, was one of…

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — The Rays did what they could Friday afternoon to tamp down expectations and defuse the hype over the weekend series with the struggling Yankees. Almost to a man, they insisted they were focused only on winning Friday’s game and not the rapidly shrinking margin between them…

Let’s look at how his season compares to the other players who were on similar homer paces entering September.

Shohei Ohtani and Aaron Judge got lost in the pitching duel between Angels starter Patrick Sandoval and New York Yankees ace Gerrit Cole. Through their first two at-bats, Ohtani and Judge were hitless. Judge struck out twice, and Ohtani hit a fly-out and a pop-out.

ANAHEIM, Calif. — Giancarlo Stanton is the only other person in that Yankees clubhouse who knows what it feels like. The slugger hit 59 home runs in the 2017 season, so he knows what Aaron Judge is feeling and facing.

Pirates rookie Oneil Cruz is already setting StatCast records but struggling at the plate. Does the 6ft 7in shortstop have what it takes to be baseball’s next star?

PITTSBURGH — In the end it'll go down as a third-inning single, but anyone who saw it will remember it differently.

The Pirates shortstop set a new record.

How is that possible?!