Giancarlo Stanton was frequently criticized during his time with the New York Yankees a reality that his 13-year, $325 million contract always exposed him to. Once one of the game’s most powerful hitters, Stanton joined the Yankees after hitting 59 home runs in 2017 with the Miami Marlins. Since then, he has never hit 40 home runs in a season because of constant injuries during his days in the Bronx. He’s played in just 58% of the Yankees’ games since the start of the 2018 season, averaging 162 games with 40 home runs and 105 RBI during that span. But his absence, coupled with a batting average that has dipped to .213 over the last three seasons, makes it feel as if he has been booed at Yankee Stadium as much as he has been. was cheered.

Perhaps it was a reckless decision by Yankees fans considering that Stanton has been one of the team’s best postseason players, and this notion continues in the run to the 2024 ALCS. Stanton hit his second home run of the postseason in Game 1 of the ALCS on Monday night at Yankee Stadium in New York’s 5-2 win over the Cleveland Guardians a powerful hit from 439 feet to left gave the Yankees a four-run lead in the seventh inning. This was his 13th home run in 32 postseason games with the Bronx Bombers. Babe Ruth is the only other Yankee with 13 or more home runs in their first 32 postseason games. That’s how good Stanton was with the Yankees in October.