Erik Boland

Jasson Dominguez was hit by a pitch on the left elbow in the fourth inning of Wednesday's game against the Rangers and was forced to exit.

Rodriguez, a 22-year-old righthander, is slated to make his big-league debut Wednesday afternoon in Texas.

For now, it's enough that he's back and, more significant, how he put himself in position to be back.

The 36-year-old DH is sidelined with calf tightness, the severity of which isn't yet clear.

Both starters should be back within a month and are pitching in rehab assignments right now.

The righthander allowed two runs (one earned) and four hits in eight innings to improve to 3-1 with a 1.77 ERA.

Hal Steinbrenner should green-light this request by players to wear occasionally wear alternate jerseys on the road.

Schlittler grew up in Massachusetts and was a Red Sox fan but now he is ratcheting up the rivalry on the Yankees' side of things.

Ben Rice, who homered into the second deck off lefthander Noah Cameron on Saturday, should be in there against both lefties and righties.

As a kid growing up here, it was surreal every time I walk into this clubhouse and I don't take a second of it for granted," Logan O'Hoppe said.

The bullpen entered spring training with question marks and left camp the same way.

The Yankees were swept by virtue of Sunday's 5-4 loss, their offense still a work-without-much-progress.

After starting Wednesday's game against the A's with three straight hits, the Yankees went 12-for-109 and scored four runs in the next 33 innings.

Anthony Volpe will start a rehab assignment perhaps as early as Tuesday with Double-A Somerset.

Entering Wednesday, the switch-hitting Jasson Dominguez was batting .379 (11-for-29) with two homers and a 1.110 OPS in seven games at Scranton.

The 25-year-old fireballer is still mostly forgoing his curveball and slider.

The three-time AL MVP's track record shows that he could break out at any time.

"I think he can more than hold his own against lefthanded pitching," Aaron Boone said.

Entering Monday night's game, they were were 3-for-3 on defense, including catcher Austin Wells going 2-for-2 turning called balls into strikes, and 2-for-3 on offense.

Aaron Boone's relievers have pitched a combined 11 scoreless innings.

Aaron Judge's career apparently isn't over, and Cam Schlittler's is beginning with a bang.

There will be plenty of time for the October narrative. There's six months to go. Give everything else a rest already. It's enough.

Aaron Boone, entering his ninth season as manager, refers to the first few games that count as "the overreaction week of the season."

"Sure, there's some questions," one rival manager said of the Yankees during spring training. "But from here, I don't see many."

The Yankees went 5-8 vs. Toronto last season, then lost in four games in the ALDS after they were outscored 23-8 in the first two games.

This move was made because LeMahieu, a three-time Gold Glove winner at second base, has been a liability in the field since coming off the injured list on May 13.

Aaron Boone was looking big picture, which was the proper approach.

The Yankees hit nine home runs, but they also committed five errors behind Max Fried.