Hours after the Yankees were swept by the Red Sox at Fenway Park, Boston traded Rafael Devers to the San Francisco Giants.

Devers, who homered against the Yankees in his final game as a Red Sox on Sunday, was batting .272/.401/.504 with 15 homers and 58 RBIs this season. Despite Boston’s recent surge, they’re still fourth in the AL East with a 37–36 record — and now without their most dangerous bat.

New York Yankees slugger Giancarlo Stanton is expected to return from his elbow injury during the team’s series against the Los Angeles Angels, according to manager Aaron Boone, per MLB's Bryan Hoch.

The Yankees will be going for a three-game sweep of the Kansas City Royals at Kauffman Stadium, with rookie right-hander Will Warren on the mound.

The Yankees’ Giancarlo Stanton began a rehab assignment at Double-A Somerset on Tuesday night, though New York manager Aaron Boone said that it was too early to tell when the slugger might return to the big leagues.

Stanton's return will be a big boost to a Yankees lineup that mustered only four runs and four extra-base hits in a three-game sweep by the Boston Red Sox at Fenway Park. The Yank