Deadspin | Ben Rice out of Yankees’ lineup with Giancarlo Stanton again

The slumping New York Yankees sat Ben Rice for Tuesday’s sport in opposition to the visiting Los Angeles Angels whilst they persisted to paintings slugger Giancarlo Stanton again into the lineup.

Stanton, who ignored the primary 70 video games of the season with tendinitis in each elbows, made his season debut Monday and went 2-for-4 with a double. But the Yankees fell 1-0 in 11 innings and feature totaled 4 runs on their season-high four-game shedding streak, which started with a sweep at Boston.

Rice, who performed first base on Monday however has basically been the DH in Stanton’s absence, will probably be at the bench for Tuesday’s sport. Center fielder Trent Grisham additionally were given a time without work as supervisor Aaron Boone shook up the lineup.

Left fielder Jasson Dominguez, who hasn’t hit upper than 5th within the order all season, will bat leadoff. Stanton, the No. 5 hitter on Monday, will bat cleanup Tuesday.

Rice, 26, has batted .229 with 12 house runs and 26 RBIs in 63 video games this season, his 2nd within the main leagues. He ranks 3rd at the group in house runs in the back of best Aaron Judge (26) and Grisham (13). However, Rice has long gone 4-for-34 (.118) in his ultimate 10 video games with out a extra-base hits.

It was once no longer transparent what the Yankees deliberate to do with Rice going ahead.

Stanton, 35, started his 16th main league season and his 8th with the Yankees on Monday after 8 years with the Florida/Miami Marlins (2010-17). The 2017 National League MVP and five-time All-Star has 429 house runs and 1,103 RBIs in his profession.

–Field Level Media