With Aaron Judge able to serve as designated hitter but not able to field — he is beginning to build up his right arm after a flexor strain — and with lefty Framber Valdez expected to be on the mound for the Astros, the Yankees are ready to at least somewhat risk Stanton’s legs to shoehorn his bat into the lineup.

Giancarlo Stanton will return to right field for the New York Yankees during Tuesday's game against the Tampa Bay Rays.

Giancarlo Stanton keeps on climbing. The New York Yankees' slugger has moved up another spot on the MLB all-time home run leaderboard. When he hit his second homer of the night Tuesday, Stanton passed Dave Kingman to move into 43rd place in major league history.

After earning three consecutive starts in right field, Giancarlo Stanton, who has been the Yankees' hottest hitter of late, was held out of the lineup over the weekend. Manager Aaron Boone explained that Stanton's lower body wasn't recovering from his return to the outfield.

Fresh off a sweep of the Cardinals, a resurgent Yankees squad is heading to Tampa for a two-game set against the division rival Rays. Tampa Bay has played a game below .500 since dropping three of four against the Yankees at the end of July,