Giancarlo Stanton

Looks like Giancarlo Stanton is OK.

After a broken hand cut short his 2015 campaign, the Miami Marlins slugger returned with a bang in his team's season opener against the Detroit Tigers on Tuesday.

Justin Verlander entered the bottom of the sixth inning with a no-hitter intact, but Stanton put two on the board with a monster blast to left field.

In 2016, baseball fans can still think about Giancarlo Stanton the way basketball fans thought about Stephen Curry circa 2012: With talent like that, just imagine what he might do with good health.

Basketball fans have certainly gotten their answer. But as for us baseball folk, Stanton's if-healthy potential is still a topic for the imagination.

Miami Marlins outfielder Giancarlo Stanton is Major League Baseball's top slugger, but he is already struggling to stay healthy in 2016 due to a knee issue. 

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Imagine, if you will, the most feared slugger in recent baseball history taking pointers from the most accomplished slugger in all of baseball history.

Well, you can turn off your imagination now. That's something that's about to happen in Miami in real life, and it could mean great things for one Giancarlo Stanton.

Miami Marlins All-Star outfielder Giancarlo Stanton has suffered a setback in his bid to return to the field from a broken bone in his left hand.

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The snowball got moving quickly.

The injury affects us all. 

Giancarlo Stanton’s bad luck continued Friday night as he injured his left wrist whiffing on a swing against the Los Angeles Dodgers.

For Giancarlo Stanton, there will be no escaping the spotlight in 2015. There will be more eyes and, in turn, more pressure on him than ever before. 

In an environment like that, stars can either fade or shine even brighter. And provided you know how to read and comprehend headlines, you can guess which outcome is about to be discussed in this space.

Giancarlo Stanton has accomplished a lot in his young career, but this offseason he did something that seemed utterly impossible: He convinced owner Jeffrey Loria to put the Miami Marlins in a position to succeed.