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I guess they didn't get all of this out of their system last year.

Yankees manager Aaron Boone announced Wednesday that outfielder Giancarlo Stanton has been sidelined with a Grade 1 calf strain and may not be ready for Opening Day. Per Lindsey Adler of The Athletic, Boone said Stanton suffered the strain toward the end of his Tuesday fielding work and underwent an MRI. The results of the MRI confirmed the injury.

Stanton, 30, is coming off a 2019 season in which he was limited to just 17 regular season games because of a biceps strain followed by a knee strain. Stanton had just 72 plate appearances during the 2019 regular season and played in five more games during New York's postseason run. The 2017 NL MVP hit .266/.343/.509 with 38 homers in 2018, his first season in the Bronx.

It's already been a rough spring for the Yankees, who were baseball's most-injured team in 2019. The Stanton news comes the day after Yankees right-hander Luis Severino learned he needs to undergo Tommy John surgery. Lefty James Paxton will also miss the first few months of the season after undergoing back surgery.