Marlins give ailing Giancarlo planned day off

MIAMI — The Marlins and Giancarlo Stanton are going through a bit of a balancing act. The mission is to find the best way to get the three-time All-Star going at the plate, but at the same time manage his playing time to keep him available for the long haul.

Part of the program involves giving Stanton periodic days off. One of them came on Sunday in the series finale with the Mets at Marlins Park.

Manager Don Mattingly is listening to recommendations from head athletic trainer Dustin Luepker on how best to keep Stanton ready while he continues to mend from a sore right side. The issue recently kept the right fielder out for a week.

“When we started getting him back playing, we were looking at the recovery time and felt like this was the day we wanted to get him out of there,” Mattingly said. “It also gives him two days to make sure we’re over the physical part of the side and everything. …

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