The Yankees placed Giancarlo Stanton on the 10-day injured list with a left biceps strain ahead of their series opener against the Detroit Tigers, the team announced Monday.
They recalled outfielder Clint Frazier from Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre in a corresponding move.
Yankees manager Aaron Boone said before Monday's game that Stanton will be shut down for 10 days and "hopefully" will be back at some point this month.
Just three games into the season, Stanton is 2-for-8 with seven walks, a run scored and four strikeouts. He went 0-for-2 with three walks and two strikeouts in the Yankees' 7-5 loss to the Orioles on Sunday.
Stanton, the NL MVP in 2017 with the Marlins, had a somewhat down year in his first year in the Bronx last season, and Yankees fans let him hear it. He was booed at the Stadium on multiple occasions amid a season where he slashed .266/.343/.509 with 38 home runs, 100 RBIs, 102 runs and a career-worst 211 strikeouts. But he did manage to stay healthy, missing just four games in all of 2018. The previous season, he slashed .281/.376/.631 with 59 home runs, 132 RBIs and 123 runs in a career-high 159 games.
Over the next 10 days, the Yankees host the Tigers for three games before going to Baltimore for three games and Houston for another three-game set.
