New York Yankees manager Aaron Boone says Giancarlo Stanton is nearing a return to the outfield for the first time in nearly two years.

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

His greatest sustained surge as a Yankees, a month of raking for average and power, soared to another level of amazement Tuesday night at Yankee Stadium, a 4-for-5 with a 447-foot homer, a double to left-center and two-run single off the base of the right-field wall