"A little bit of everything. Scored, tagged up, ran the bases. A nice prototype first day I'd say. Just squaring up a heater tells me where I'm at more than miles per hour. Pulling a heater . . . it's good. Good timing, good adjustments from a couple of swing-throughs or foul-offs of heaters from at-bats 1 and 3."
"The reality, of course, for the 36-year-old Stanton, a player plagued by injury for much of his Yankees career, is that none of the numbers he puts up in the spring are relevant other than games played and at-bats taken. Stanton's spring has been 180 degrees different than a year ago when he could barely lift a bat, let alone swing one."
Giancarlo Stanton made his spring training debut for the Yankees, going 1-for-2 with a walk in an 11-1 victory over Team Panama. The 36-year-old DH, who missed significant time last season due to tendinitis in both elbows, hit a 114.3-mph line drive to left field in the fourth inning and struck out in his first at-bat before walking in his third appearance. Stanton emphasized that squaring up fastballs mattered more than exit velocity numbers, noting good timing and adjustments from his previous at-bats. His spring performance represents a dramatic improvement from a year ago when he could barely lift a bat due to elbow pain.
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