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There was a brief chat with manager Aaron Boone in front of his locker before Giancarlo Stanton finished putting on his pinstriped baseball pants one leg at a time and strode out of the clubhouse carrying a glove in his left hand. 

Stanton has not used one for real in almost two years, since Sept. 14, 2023. The glove seemed like an unnecessary, if not utterly incongruent accessory, kind of like a steer wearing a Louis Vuitton handbag. 

But apparently not. Following a week to 10 days of doing remedial work in the outfield after Aaron Judge went down with a flexor strain in his right elbow, Stanton is penciled in to play right field Saturday afternoon when Houston starts left-hander Framber Valdez, per Boone, after sitting for three straight. 

Of course.