That’s means the Yankees will be dealing with a Catch-22. The more Stanton plays, the greater the likelihood one or both of his elbows will bother him again. The pain is no joke, either: an elbow with tendinitis feels like a match has been taken to it. Shaking hands is torture, so you can imagine what gripping a bat is like.

Unfortunately for the Yankees, Stanton’s return did not reinvigorate an offense that scored just four times over three games.

Yankees slugger Giancarlo Stanton made his season debut Monday night, going 2-for-4 with a double in the team's 1-0 loss to the Los Angeles Angels.

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