Giancarlo Stanton latest Yankees star to deal with injury scare, exits vs. Braves: What we know

The New York Yankees have had their fair share of injury scares for the past couple of weeks. Juan Soto left a June 7 game against the Minnesota Twins with forearm discomfort. Earlier this week, on June 18, Aaron Judge was hit in the hand by a pitch. These were both major injury scares for the Yankees, but they received some good luck. Neither star missed significant time, both missing less than five games total.

Even though the Yankees seemingly dodged a catastrophe with both stars, they are now dealing with another injury scare, this time with slugger and designated hitter Giancarlo Stanton.

During Saturday's game against the Atlanta Braves, Stanton was removed from the game in the bottom of the sixth inning and replaced by Trent Grisham. This comes after Stanton scored the team's fourth run of the game on an RBI double from Gleyber Torres in the bottom of the fourth inning.

Giancarlo Stanton exits Saturday's game vs. Braves with apparent injury

So what caused Stanton to be removed from the game? Well, the FOX broadcast seemed to pinpoint the reason why the slugger was pulled and replaced by Grisham.

As Stanton was rounding third base to score at home, it appeared that the slugger was grimacing.

The Yankees would announce in the top of the seventh inning that Stanton was removed from the game due to left hamstring tightness. Stanton will undergo tests to determine the severity, per the team.

Stanton had remained healthy throughout this season, which had been a far cry from previous years. Not to mention, he has been one of the team's biggest contributors alongside Judge and Soto. Stanton played in 69 games, where he recorded a .246 batting average, a .302 on-base percentage, a .492 slugging percentage, 18 home runs, 34 runs, 45 RBI, and 64 hits in 260 at-bats.

The Yankees will hope they receive good news about Stanton on Sunday, much like they did with Soto and Judge this month after their injury scares. We will continue to keep you updated once the results are revealed by the team.