Giancarlo Stanton has excelled as a pinch-hitter this season, adding an element to his game that wasn’t as necessary when he started every day.

The Yankees started playing Stanton in the field again last Saturday as a way to get his bat into the lineup with Aaron Judge currently limited to DH duties as he recovers from a right elbow flexor strain. Judge has thrown as far as 150 feet in his throwing progression, but there are no indications that his return to right field is imminent.