Aaron Boone is not ready to do it right now. But the Yankees manager said Wednesday that over the last couple weeks, he has at least thought about flipping Aaron Judge and Juan Soto in the lineup. Boone is hesitant to me s with either Judge or Soto, who had the top two OPS in the major leagues entering Wednesday (Judge at 1.157 and Soto at 1.035), though he said he would consider such a move if it helped the lineup at large. New Kevin Herget Jersey York Yankees outfielder Aaron Judge connects on an RBI single against the Los Angeles Angels. JASON SZENES FOR THE NEW YORK POST The thought may have gained some more steam of late after the Blue Jays consistently took the bat out of Judges hands over the weekend and the Yankees struggled to make them pay for it. The Angels walked Judge three times in Wednesdays doubleheader, including intentionally in the eighth inning with two outs and no one on while trailing 5-2. Explore More If Soto were to hit third, Judge would theoretically get more pitches to hit batting second. I look at it as a lineup as a whole and what makes the most sense for us scoring runs, Boone said before Wednesdays doubleheader in The Bronx. Scoring runs, weve been doing a really good job of that, whether theyre putting on Judge or not. So its more just I obse s on trying to have as much balance as I can. So thatll factor in. Getting [Giancarlo Stanton] back into the mix and getting him going again could factor into that too, when you look at those first four or five hitters in the lineup. Aaron Boone has considered making a lineup change with Juan Soto and Aaron Judge. JASON SZENES FOR THE NEW YORK POST All things I pay attention to, but I also feel like offensively were in a pretty good place right now that I dont want to upset it too much. But being mindful of how do we optimize Aaron and Juan the best we po sibly can. Alex Verdugo has become the new Yankees leadoff hitter. With Soto, he puts two left-handed bats at the top of the lineup and three in the top four, with Austin Wells batting cleanup behind Judge. Aaron Judge celebrates scoring on an Anthony Volpe RBI double. Corey Sipkin for the NY POST But if Stanton can get back to being the threat he was before landing on the IL, Boone could potentially roll out a lineup that alternates lefties and righties beginning with Verdugo, Judge, Soto, Stanton and Wells. The Yankees are still at least a few weeks off from having to make a decision about what to do at first base once Anthony Rizzo is recovered from an arm fracture, Boone said. Rizzo took live batting practice Tuesday but still has a ways to go in his build up while Ben Rice and DJ LeMahieu man first base. New York Yankees Anthony Rizzo does rehab on the field during batting practice at Yankee Stadium in The Bronx on July 23, 2024. JASON SZENES FOR THE NEW YORK POST Well just continue to gather information and try to get Rizz right, Boone said. Look forward to having that decision. A day after throwing a 20-pitch live batting practice se sion, Clarke Schmidt (lat strain) was feeling good, keeping him on track to throw another on Saturday. Before Wednesdays first game, the Yankees held a moment of silence for Billy Bean, MLBs senior vice president for diversity, equity and inclusion, after a year-long fight with leukemia. First of all, just a great guy, Boone said. Definitely a sad day for our sport. But also just a guy that, in creating the position that the commi sioner created for him several years ago, created more tolerance in our sport. Understand that theres a lot more similarities between us than when we always focus on the differences. Billy was a guy that definitely helped bring people together and move the needle in that regard. Hes somebody that will be mi sed by a lot of people in the game, but a lot of people in our organization that I know hes close to as well. Mitch White Jersey