New York Yankees manager Aaron Boone provided an encouraging injury update on veteran slugger Giancarlo Stanton on Saturday.

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,