Despite he’s leaving New York Yankees today ‘Disappointment will be on Aaron John Boone

Giancarlo Stanton and Aaron Judge were supposed to be the massive 1-2 punch in the middle of the lineup that made the Yankees’ offense the most feared in the game when Stanton arrived from Miami prior to the 2018 season.

Injuries and then some diminished skill have prevented that from happening as much as the Yankees had hoped and now Juan Soto has replaced Stanton as Judge’s top sidekick.

But that doesn’t mean Stanton has thrown in the towel and the 34-year-old, in his 15th MLB season, acknowledged this is no ordinary spring training.

“This is big,” Stanton said of how he performs in Grapefruit League games this spring.

“Not the results, necessarily, but in terms of how I feel and the adjustments I’m making in the cage with seeing the ball, timing and everything.”

But he still entered Sunday’s 9-8 win over Atlanta at George M. Steinbrenner Field just 1-for-15 on the spring.

Sunday provided some more signs of life, first with a blistering double to right-center in the bottom of the second that measured 110 mph.

Stanton followed with a deep fly out to right in his next at-bat, drew a four-pitch walk in his third plate appearance and finished the day with a single to left that also topped 100 mph.

“It was good to get some balls on the barrel,” Stanton said.

“It’s not everything. But it’s rewarding to go out there and do something decent.