Thumb’s fine, but Judge gets a rest

When the Yankees’ lineup card was posted late Sunday afternoon in Citi Field’s visiting clubhouse, Aaron Judge wasn’t in it. Giancarlo Stanton was in Judge’s No. 2 spot in the batting order and replaced Judge in right field.

With the Yankees off Monday, the question that needed to be answered was whether Judge’s left thumb he banged sliding into second base Friday night in the first game of the Subway Series was bothering him.

Saturday’s X-rays were negative and Judge hit a game-winning homer in the eighth inning of that night’s 4-3 win.

Shortly after 6 p.m., after getting some pushback from his best player, Aaron Boone explained his decision to leave Judge off the card.

“Judge is good. Obviously relieved that he was good to go [Saturday], obviously a big home run. I just decided with the off day [Monday] I wanted to take the chance to give him a couple [of days off ],’’ Boone said before Sunday night’s 2-0 loss in which Judge, as pinch hitter, reached on an error by Jose Reyes in the eighth inning.

Two days after suffering strains to both hamstrings and one day after landing on the disabled list where he might spend weeks, Masahiro Tanaka played catch Sunday afternoon at Citi Field as pitching coach Larry Roth

schild watched. “He is still a little sore, hopefully we will make progress as the soreness goes away,’’ Rothschild said of Tanaka, who left Friday night’s game after suffering the problem running from third to home.

While Rothschild didn’t speculate on a timetable for Tanaka’s return or say who would take his turn in the rotation, right-hander

Jonathan Loaisiga will be promoted from Double-A Trenton and start against the Rays this weekend.

As for Tanaka, Rothschild was encouraged the pitcher could work two days after leaving a game.

“I was glad he got out there and was able to stay on both legs,’’ Rothschild said. “It’s rare you have to worry about both [legs].’’ Boone didn’t enjoy

Luis Severino swinging from his shoes in his two at-bats that both ended in strikeouts.

“We talked, I don’t need his helmet falling off,’’ Boone said of his ace two nights after losing Tanaka to the DL. “I would like for him not to fall down when he is ripping. I worry about when our pitchers are hitting. I don’t like it.’’

The Yankees went hitless in two at-bats with runners in scoring position and are 0-for-16 going back to Wednesday. Their last hit in the clutch was Aaron

Hicks’ homer Tuesday in Toronto. ... The Yankees’ three hits Sunday night were a season-tying low.