Yankees designated hitter Giancarlo Stanton is getting closer and closer to returning. He’s been in Tampa for most of the last two work weeks getting five or six at-bats daily facing minor leaguers in simulated games at the club’s player development complex.

While the New York Yankees are across the country taking on the Los Angeles Dodgers, Giancarlo Stanton is back at the team’s Tampa Player Development Center, putting in work in his rehab. He’ll keep that up through the weekend — hitting,

After much delay, two injured Yankees could begin rehab assignments in the near future. That would be Giancarlo Stanton, who has yet to make his season debut after missing all of spring training with tennis elbows, and Marcus Stroman, who hasn’t pitched since April 11 due to knee inflammation.