TAMPA, Fla. — Giancarlo Stanton wasn’t at his Yankees clubhouse locker on Sunday before, during or after any of the three media availabilities. The oft-injured slugger who’s in an indefinite holding pattern due to tennis elbow in both arms wasn’t at Steinbrenner Field or his Tampa residence.

Giancarlo Stanton is out with injured elbows and his return date is uncertain. However, the Yankees might have found the right candidate.

Tennis elbow is almost always the result of injury from repeated action, such as swinging a tennis racquet or, in Stanton’s case, a baseball bat, said Dr. Guillem Gonzalez-Lomas, an orthopedic surgeon at New York University Langone Health.

Stanton said he dealt with the condition, which is in both elbows, most of last season — including in October, when he was by far the Yankees’ best offensive performer as they reached the World Series. He said he has not swung a bat in the last “three to four weeks.” It is not clear when he will begin doing so.

The New York Yankees are already dealing with an injury to one of their top power hitters. Giancarlo Stanton has soreness in both elbows and hasn't swung a bat in three to four weeks, he revealed Monday morning.

The pain in both of Stanton's arms is "probably something that's chronic," according to Yankees manager Aaron Boone.

Initial projections to what the New York Yankees lineup would look like going into Opening Day displayed a deep batting order with no shortage of raw power. As

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