NEW YORK - On his day of live batting practice, New York Yankees designated batsman Giancarlo Stanton confirmed Wednesday that he could return to the team's roster by the end of this month.

Stanton participated in a batting exercise at Yankee Stadium on Tuesday, his first live broadcast this year after he was shut down on both arms with elbow tendonitis at the start of spring training. He saw 10 courts, hit a ground ball into the shortstop and voted unanimously against right-hander Jake Cousins ​​in his two sets.

The Yankees moved Stanton from the 15-day injury list to the 60-day injury list last week, pushing his earliest return date to May 27. This is a procedural move in New York. The Yankees need a 40-man roster to ask Bryan de la Cruz to get off the waiver, and Stanton didn't return by the end of the month.

Stanton, 35, said he is expected to carry out a rehabilitation mission. He said he didn't have a target date for the target date and didn't know how long it would last. Yankees manager Aaron Boone said Stanton may not need a long rehabilitation mission because he didn’t play a part in defense.

"It depends on which weapon I can use (for live batting practice practice), and how I feel in those bats," Stanton said.

Stanton, who also had a batting practice on the court on Wednesday, has already had a lot of injections to deal with the pain in his elbow and reiterated that he had to go through the pain whenever he returned.

"If I were there, I would be enough to play and not at all other levels," Stanton said.

Stanton's elbow trouble goes back to last season. He played World Series in pain, playing seven home runs in 14 playoff games. But he said he stopped bats completely in January due to severe elbow pain and did not start swing until March. There was one time when the season ended surgery could be performed, but that was manifested, Stanton said.

"I know when he's there, he's ready to go," Boone said. "If he didn't feel like he's really productive, he's not there, so I know when that time comes, when he's ready to do it, we should be in a good position.

"Hopefully we've done something, the late winter and spring, which will allow him to do it physically. But also understand that he might be dealing with something."