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Wells is trending towards making it back to New York’s lineup at some point later this week after hitting the injured list with cervical headaches earlier this month. The 26-year-old backstop logged seven inning behind the dish in his first rehab contest.

Jones also had another walk and a strikeout. He’s 7-for-22 with two homers and a 9/4 K/BB since being recalled to the majors after Aaron Judge went down. It’ll be fun to see how things work out when it comes to him versus Jasson Domínguez as both get to play fairly regularly until Trent Grisham returns.

Cole allowed one run on an Andrew Benintendi homer in the first and then got 11 runs of support through the fourth before giving up a second run in the sixth. Cole got up to 90 pitches tonight, seven more than he’d thrown in any of his first four starts. He’s 2-1 with a 24/8 K/BB through 28 innings, and he’s due to get the Reds next.

It’s his second three-inning save of the year; he finished off a 15-1 game against the Royals on May 26. Of his 15 appearances this year, five have come with the Yankees up at least five runs and seven have come with the team down by at least three runs. That should help explain why he hasn’t factored into any decisions yet.

Rice and Paul Goldschmidt both homered in the fourth, giving the Yankees a total of 30 homers from what they were looking at as a first base platoon initially. Of course, both are full-timers right now, but it’s easy to forget that Rice was on the bench for three of the Yankees’ first four games versus lefties during the first couple of weeks. Rice became the eighth player to reach 20 homers this season. He’s third in the majors with his 1.006 OPS.

Stanton was shut down over the weekend to undergo imaging which revealed a pretty significant setback. The 36-year-old will be shut down from any activity for at least the next week before he’s cleared to get back on the field. He’s unlikely to make it back to New York for at least a couple weeks, barring any additional setbacks, which isn’t out of the question given his injury history.

Yankees manager Aaron Boone told reporters the session went well, which is encouraging. The 32-year-old fantasy ace has been on the shelf with a bone bruise in his left elbow since mid-May. It’ll take a few weeks to ramp-up his throwing progression before he’s ready to return to New York’s rotation. It seems safe to assume that he won’t be back until around next month’s All-Star break since he’ll need at least a couple minor league rehab starts to knock off the rust.

Domínguez told reporters he’s available off the bench after having a tooth pulled earlier in the day prior to Tuesday’s contest against the White Sox. It’ll be Spencer Jones patrolling center field with Cody Bellinger and José Caballero in the corners. The 23-year-old former top prospect has gone 2-for-8 with a solo homer in a pair of games since returning from the injured list over the weekend. He’s worthy of a speculative pickup in deeper mixed leagues based on his talent and opportunity to play everyday in right field with Aaron Judge (rib) on the injured list for the next couple weeks.

Grisham was placed on the injured list June 13 with his strain, and it won’t be a minimum stint on the injured list. Jasson Dominguez is expected to get the bulk of the playing time in Grisham’s absence, although Dominguez may not be available Tuesday after having a tooth pulled. If all goes well, Grisham should be back around the start of July.

The Yankees will have to wait and see how Dominguez is feeling to see if he can play Tuesday against the White Sox. If the 23-year-old can’t go, Jose Caballero could see the start in his absence. Either way, this shouldn’t be a long-term absence for Dominguez.