Yankees’ Stanton back to IL with knee injury

The Yankees slugger will go back on the injured list with a strained posterior cruciate ligament, manager Aaron Boone told reporters after Wednesday’s game. The injury means Stanton will not travel with the team to London for its historic series against the Red Sox this weekend.

Boone added that Stanton will be reevaluated in 10 days, indicating he’ll be spending longer than the minimum time on the IL.

Stanton was pulled from Tuesday’s 4-3 win over the Blue Jays before the fourth inning with what the team announced as a right knee contusion. He later underwent an MRI exam for further evaluation of the knee.

Boone said Stanton suffered the injury while running the bases in the bottom of the first inning, specifically when he was tagged out sliding into third base on the back end of a double play. Stanton remained in the game and attempted to play through the pain but was eventually replaced by Brett Gardner.

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The injury comes just days after Stanton hit his first home run of the season in Monday’s win over Toronto. He had previously been limited to just nine games after falling out of the Yankees lineup on March 31 with a biceps strain and going on the IL.

Stanton has played only nine games this season, having missed significant time with a torn biceps and strains in his shoulder and calf. He is hitting .290 with 1 home run and 7 RBIs.

“Frustrated for him knowing how much he’s worked to get back and kind of the couple of setbacks that he’s had along the way in getting back,” Boone said. “Felt like he was starting to get in the groove a little bit with us. You got to deal with it and hopefully get him right here to get back.”

Stanton is in the fifth season of a $325 million, 13-year contract he signed with Miami after the 2014 season. The Marlins traded him to the Yankees after he won the MVP award.

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