Giancarlo Stanton Makes Feelings Clear on Yankees’ Aggressive Trade Deadline originally appeared on Athlon Sports. With the New York Yankees and Tampa Bay Rays mired in a nearly three-hour rain delay on Thursday afternoon, Giancarlo Stanton and teammates sat in the locker room refreshing their phones ahead of the 6 p.m. trade deadline.

Giancarlo Stanton and Ben Rice homered in the first two innings and the New York Yankees beat the Tampa Bay Rays 7-4 in a game interrupted by rain for nearly three hours.

As the team endures a marked fall from grace after a torrid start to the year, it has placed the franchise slugger on the injured list with a strained flexor tendon. He is expected to return this season, but the fallout from that brutal injury will still be far reaching.