Why Yankees’ Giancarlo Stanton really wants home run vs. Marlins

For Yankees slugger Giancarlo Stanton, it won’t just be about getting reven

NEW YORK — For Giancarlo Stanton, it’ll be about more than getting back at his ex.

It’ll be about a personal milestone, too.

Stanton has a chance not only at showing up the Marlins, his former team, when the Yankees arrive in Miami for a two-game set starting Tuesday.

He could also hit his 300th home run at Marlins Park.

“Yeah, it would be cool,” he told reporters following the Yankees’ 10-2 beatdown of the Blue Jays at Yankee Stadium on Sunday. “That would be really cool if I did that.”

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Still, he said, it’ll be odd going back to South Beach, where he played eight years before the Marlins and their new owner, Derek Jeter, traded him to the Bronx before this season.

“It’s going to be weird for sure,” Stanton said.

Stanton said he’s never gone to his old home stadium and walked straight to the visitors’ clubhouse.

Simply staying on the field could prove tough, however, for Stanton. He’s been nursing a left hamstring strain since late July. It’s kept him at DH for nearly every game since then.

But, Stanton said, it’s progressed to the point where he believes he’ll be able to play right field. The National League doesn’t have a DH.

And the Yankees need him in their lineup badly.

On Sunday, shortstop Didi Gregorius suffered a heel bruise that could land him on the disabled list, manager Aaron Boone said.

Aaron Judge (fractured wrist), Gary Sanchez (groin strain) and Clint Frazier (post-concussion symptoms) are also on the DL.

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