New York Yankees slugger Giancarlo Stanton has a mild strain of his left calf and his rehab will be shut down for a week to 10 days, manager Aaron Boone said Wednesday.
Stanton thinks he first hurt his calf last Thursday, when he was hit by a pitch near his left knee during live batting practice. That session preceded his rehab-game debut with the High-A Tampa Tarpons on Monday.
"It's hard to pin down exactly what happened," Boone said. "In talking to G, he feels like it's a result of that [the hit-by-pitch].