Anthony Rizzo got here up with simply his second extra-base hit since Might 12 with a double within the Yankees’ 9-5 win over the Twins on Wednesday evening on the Stadium.
He entered Wednesday in a 3-for-21 rut and with a .650 OPS, nineteenth amongst certified first basemen.
Rizzo, who went 1-for-4 within the win, insisted Wednesday he felt “good” bodily.
“It’s nearly getting a pair good swings off and a few balls touchdown,’’ Rizzo mentioned. “However you’ve acquired to exit and do it.
“It sucks when you’re in it and I’m definitely in it. I just have to stay positive and get my work in. It’ll come.”
The Yankees promoted Ben Rice, the group’s Twelfth-ranked prospect in keeping with MLB Pipeline, from Double-A Somerset to Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre.
The 25-year-old has break up time between catcher and first base.
“I think he can really hit and he’s done a really good job the last couple of years of developing as a catcher, too,” supervisor Aaron Boone mentioned of the lefty-swinging Rice, who the Yankees chosen within the Twelfth spherical of the 2021 beginner draft out of Dartmouth. “His receiving has been really good [and] he’s obviously a smart kid. But he’s a really good hitter, and I think the organization sees him that way. He obviously has a chance to be really good.”
The Yankees additionally launched Jose Rojas from his minor league deal.
Rojas was at SWB and spent most of his time at DH.
Giancarlo Stanton hasn’t performed greater than 110 video games in a season since 2021, however he appeared in his fifty fifth sport Wednesday evening.
He’s additionally off to a way more productive begin than the catastrophe that was final season.
Requested earlier than the sport if he questioned a 12 months in the past if he would get again to this degree, Stanton paused earlier than responding, “I guess that was a matter of what my body was gonna allow.”
The 25-pound weight reduction within the offseason helped and he mentioned he’s saved it off, however that he was extra targeted on how he’s transferring.
“I want to stay agile,” Stanton mentioned of his swing.
He’s been agile sufficient to play often and produce his highest hard-hit ratio (54.8) since 2021.
The Yankees have neatly saved Stanton — who went 2-for-4 with an RBI single within the win — out of the outfield, although that has restricted the chance of different gamers to take a day as DH.
“He put himself in position to play at a really high level,’’ Boone said. “He’s been a real threat in the middle of the lineup, a consistent threat.”
The important thing, as at all times, for Stanton, is simple to focus on.
“A lot of it is attributed to health and being in a good physical spot,’’ Boone said. “As well as a commitment, determination and ability to make adjustments.”
All-Star fan voting began Wednesday and Juan Soto and Aaron Choose seem to be locks to start out within the outfield, whereas Anthony Volpe has the third-highest WAR amongst AL shortstops, behind Kansas Metropolis’s Bobby Witt Jr. and Baltimore’s Gunnar Henderson.
