Giancarlo Stanton expected to be out until August due to knee injury

The New York Yankees are going to have to get by without their highest paid player for quite some time.

According to GM Brian Cashman, the team anticipates that All-Star slugger Giancarlo Stanton will be sidelined until the month of August after being diagnosed with a right PCL strain.

The 29-year old, who missed more than two months of action earlier this season due to a bicep injury, sustained this latest injury while attempting to slide into third base during the first inning of the Yankees’ 4-3 win over the Toronto Blue Jays on June 25.

Stanton, who is in his second season with the franchise and still has nine years and $259 million left on this contract after 2019, has posted a .290 batting average, .840 OPS, one homer and seven RBI in just nine games and 38 plate appearances this season.