As the Yankees left for London, Giancarlo Stanton was off to a familiar place.
Just six games after Stanton returned from a variety of injuries that sidelined him for 11 weeks, the Yankees slugger was placed on the injured list with a PCL strain in his right knee, which he suffered Tuesday night. Though Stanton arrived to Yankee Stadium with stiffness in the joint Wednesday morning, manager Aaron Boone was confident — following an MRI — the injury wouldn’t prohibit the outfielder from traveling to London, or keep him off the field very long.
Then, following an examination by team physician Christopher Ahmad, Boone learned he would be without the 29-year-old for longer than the injured list’s minimum 10-day stay.