Yankees’ Donaldson to start rehab assignment Thursday, Stanton not far behind

NEW YORK (AP) — New York Yankees third baseman Josh Donaldson will begin a minor league harm rehabilitation task on Thursday and slugger Giancarlo Stanton might start one as quickly as this weekend.

New York supervisor Aaron Boone stated Donaldson, sidelined since April 5 by a strained proper hamstring, will report back to Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes Barre on Thursday. His first rehab task was lower quick after one sport with Double-A Somerset on April 18.

Boone stated Donaldson probably will play the sector on Thursday, be a delegated hitter Friday, be off Saturday and play Sunday.

New York opens a three-game sequence in Seattle on Monday, then performs on the Los Angeles Dodgers beginning June 2.

“Possibly in Seattle, probably more likely later in the week, just because he’s been down for so long,” Boone stated of Donaldson’s return, talking earlier than Wednesday’s sport in opposition to Baltimore. “We’ll kind of evaluate at the end of Sunday, assuming we get there and everything is going well, whether we want to have him get another one or two (games) or not.”

Stanton has been sidelined since April 15 by a strained left hamstring.

“We’re going to get him imaged tomorrow.,” Boone stated, including it’s attainable he might head to the minors this weekend.