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Giancarlo Stanton thinks Yankees career incomplete without World Series title

At 36, Stanton enters his last two guaranteed seasons aiming for a title while overcoming injuries that sidelined him for seven straight years, with 453 career homers.

  • Giancarlo Stanton, the Yankees outfielder, told reporters Tuesday his Yankees career is "definitely incomplete," expressing a missing championship goal during Yankees spring training in Tampa, Fla.
  • Now 36 and entering the final two guaranteed seasons of his contract, Stanton has gone on the injured list in seven consecutive seasons.
  • A five-time All-Star, Stanton is the 2017 NL MVP with a.258 average, 453 homers, and 1,169 RBIs in 16 seasons, but he missed 266 of 708 games over the next five seasons due to injuries.
  • Stanton's availability matters to the Yankees' middle of the order, and he is owed $64 million guaranteed with a $25 million luxury-tax salary adding $27.5 million under the 110% top tax rate.
  • He began a hitting progression Monday with dry swings and said the preparation is "a lot of hold, strengthening, make sure I'm able to maintain holding and swinging with power and throwing.
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Giancarlo Stanton thinks Yankees career incomplete without World Series title

Giancarlo Stanton says his Yankees tenure feels unfinished because he has not won a championship. Now 36 and entering the final two guaranteed seasons of a $325 million, 13-year contract he signed with the Miami Marlins, Stanton has gone on the injured list in seven consecutive seasons but has been

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Winnipeg Free Press broke the news in Winnipeg, Canada on Tuesday, February 17, 2026.
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