Giancarlo Stanton has begun swinging a bat, New York Yankees manager Aaron Boone said prior to the Yankees' Opening Day win over the Brewers on Thursday. That's an encouraging sign toward the slugger's return as he begins the 2025 season on the injured list due to tendinitis in both of his elbows.

New York Yankees star slugger Giancarlo Stanton has been dealing with tendinitis in both elbows that kept him on the shelf throughout spring training. And although Stanton is starting the season on the injured list,

There was a less promising injury update for reliever Jake Cousins, whom the Yankees placed on the 60-day injured list Thursday with a right elbow flexor strain. Cousins, 30, came into camp with a forearm strain. At the time, the right-hander was about two weeks into a three-to-four-week no-throw period.