Giancarlo Stanton will return to right field for the New York Yankees during Tuesday's game against the Tampa Bay Rays.

With Aaron Judge able to serve as designated hitter but not able to field — he is beginning to build up his right arm after a flexor strain — and with lefty Framber Valdez expected to be on the mound for the Astros, the Yankees are ready to at least somewhat risk Stanton’s legs to shoehorn his bat into the lineup.

If he can continue this trend, don't be surprised if he finishes with the best numbers he's had in pinstripes.

Aaron Judge, Cody Bellinger, and Giancarlo Stanton hit back-to-back-to-back home runs, giving the New York Yankees a 3-0 lead over the Tampa Bay Rays.

Giancarlo Stanton keeps on climbing. The New York Yankees' slugger has moved up another spot on the MLB all-time home run leaderboard. When he hit his second homer of the night Tuesday, Stanton passed Dave Kingman to move into 43rd place in major league history.

According to Bryan Hoch of MLB .com, that makes the Yankees the first team in Major League Baseball history with multiple nine-homer games, period. The fact that they did so twice in the same season is the type of baseball oddity that makes the game so fun to watch.

Fresh off a sweep of the Cardinals, a resurgent Yankees squad is heading to Tampa for a two-game set against the division rival Rays. Tampa Bay has played a game below .500 since dropping three of four against the Yankees at the end of July,

Stanton picked up where he left off from the postseason, when he slashed .273/.339/.709 with seven homers and 16 RBI over 14 games. The 6-foot-6-inch, 245-pounder won the ALCS MVP award and was one of the main players who helped New York make its first World Series appearance in 15 years.