NEW YORK -- Forget sugarcoating. Giancarlo Stanton poured so much salt on his wound he should get his blood pressure checked.
"Awful" was one word he used.
"A performance like that should be booed," he added.
Stanton was talking about his career-high five-strikeout debut after his first time playing at Yankee Stadium in pinstripes Tuesday.
And because of that, the Yankees should be fist pumping
They won, 11-4, over the Rays with zero help from Stanton, the $325-million slugger they acquired from Derek Jeter's Marlins in the offseason to boost an already musclebound lineup.