Yankees' Giancarlo Stanton says elbow pain is something he just has to deal with 

TAMPA, Fla. — Giancarlo Stanton didn’t exactly paint an optimistic picture in discussing what Yankees manager Aaron Boone on Sunday characterized as the “tennis elbow” the designated hitter arrived with at spring training.

“We’ll see how that goes,” Stanton said Monday, the day of the club’s first full-squad workout, when asked if he will be available for Opening Day.

“I mean, tennis elbow, or whatever they call it, is tears in your tendon,” Stanton said. “It’s not, when did it feel good? When did it feel bad? There’s always a pain level there and you have to deal with that. It’s just the wisest point to give it time right now.”

Stanton said he dealt with the condition, which is in both elbows, most of last season — including in October, when he was by far the Yankees’ best offensive performer as they reached the World Series. He said he has not swung a bat in the last “three to four weeks.”

It is not clear when he will begin doing so.

Boone on Sunday said the condition likely will require “maintenance” throughout spring training and the regular season.

Stanton was the club’s postseason offensive MVP as the Yankees qualified for the World Series for the first time since 2009, hitting .273 with seven homers, 16 RBIs and a 1.048 OPS in 14 games.

Stanton said that after the regular season ended, “the pain was very high in general” in the elbows, but there was never a consideration given to not playing in the postseason.

“The consideration of not going out there, absolutely not,” he said. “This is just a time [spring training] to get as much time as I can . . . the idea is not to take down time [during the season]. This is the smartest time during a shorter offseason window to be able to do that.”

Notes & quotes: Batting from the right side, switch hitter Jasson Dominguez, who will be given every chance to win the starting job in leftfield, homered off Carlos Rodon on Monday during a simulated game. “That’s a pretty good pass he put on it,” Boone said . . . After Rodon’s 42-pitch session, the lefthander spent a bit of time in the dugout talking with retired Yankees lefthander Andy Pettitte, who is in town until Friday as a guest instructor. CC Sabathia, elected to the Hall of Fame in January in his first year of eligibility, also arrived Monday as a guest instructor. Roger Clemens is expected to be here Friday to serve as a Yankees guest instructor for the first time since his retirement after the 2007 season. Clemens, who spent 24 years in the big leagues, pitched for the Yankees from 1999-2003 and again in 2007.