Yanks star Stanton off to strong start after smashing finish

Giancarlo Stanton is picking up where he ended the postseason last year. That’s means healthy and hard hitting for the New York Yankees. The slugger homered in each of his first five playoff games in 2020, a stretch that brought flashbacks of his spectacular 2017 NL MVP season and hopes that several injury-impacted years were behind him. Stanton is 7 for 21 during spring training with two doubles and a homer that had an exit velocity of 115 mph. The Yankees open the regular season April 1 at home against the Toronto Blue Jays.