Yankee Monster Man Stanton is expected to make his season debut in the home series

After Giancarlo Stanton completed three minor league rehab games, the fourth scheduled rehab game was canceled today due to bad weather, and the heavy gunner may play his next official swing at the major league table.

Stanton was not named in the 2A Somerset starting line-up today – with manager Aaron Boone saying the wet skiing in Bridgewater, New Jersey, could have caused that. The Yankees expect Stanton to make his season debut during the home game against the Angels this week, as early as Tuesday or Wednesday.

"I spoke with him today and he feels he's in good shape," Boone said at Fenway Stadium on Saturday, "expecting to play in some form in the Angel Series." "

Boone said Stanton will not be with the team for Sunday's 1:35 p.m. ET series finale against the Red Sox.

Stanton amassed 11 hits and three hits (batting average of 0.273) in three games at Somerset, including one second-run hit, four RBIs and one RBIs. He missed the entire spring training session with a tennis elbow injury in both arms, dating back to last season.

"He's in good shape," Boone notes, "and he's extremely sensitive and meticulous about his senses." I think I have the timing in place and I have no problem dealing with the speedball. In this week's limited communication, my perception is that he is consciously approaching a state of readiness. "

"…… The final decision is most likely in the hands of the 'Big G' (Stanton). "

Stanton is about to return from the Yankees home series, which will change the team's assigned batting role assignment.

As of Saturday, Ben Rice was responsible for most of the assigned batting, batting 0.250/0.333/0.530 (41 hits out of 164), including eight second-run hits, one third-run and 12-23 RBIs. Aaron Judge (70 seats) and Jason Dominguez (36 seats) also served as designated strikers.

"We discussed various plans with the 'Big G' a month ago," Boone said, "and we'll sort out the lineup, and it's good to have a lot of good players." "

During the Yankees' previous trip to the Royals, Boone had hinted that Rice could serve as a catcher "sporadically" in addition to rotating Paul Goldschmidt at first base. Boone said Rice has been training with catcher coach Tanner Swanson throughout the year and has been off the bench five times this season without starting.

"There's never a break in the technical training behind the scenes," Boone stressed, "whether it's the cattle barn catch...... He's heavily invested. As long as the conditions allow, we will continue to improve our skills, and at some point in the future, we will arrange actual combat squatting and capture. "