Rehab assignments for position players are capped at 20 days, though Stanton can be activated at any time in that window. He has spent several weeks hitting against the high-veloc

The Yankees’ Giancarlo Stanton began a rehab assignment at Double-A Somerset on Tuesday night, though New York manager Aaron Boone said that it was too early to tell when the slugger might return to the big leagues.

The New York Yankees have been without Giancarlo Stanton all year as the DH battles elbow discomfort, but he looked in midseason form while rifling a base hit into the gap in his first Minor League rehab start.