Sancheznot focused on playing time

Gary Sanchez says he’s not upset about potentially being benched in some games during the postseason, which both general manager Brian Cashman and manager Aaron Boone in recent days have said is a possibility.

“I don’t focus on just who is behind the plate,’’ Sanchez said through an interpreter after the Yankees lost to the Marlins, 4-3, in 10 innings on Friday in The Bronx. “We’re a team and it’s important for people to understand the bottom line is winning. I’m a soldier on this team and if my name is in the lineup, I’m gonna be ready. If I’m not starting, I’m gonna be ready for when my team needs to be. Decisions are made. My responsibility is to be ready to play when the time comes.”

➤ In his final start of the regular season, J.A. Happ allowed a three-run homer to Garrett Cooper, but that was it in five innings. The lefty said he was ready for the playoffs and was looking forward to finding out what his role would be. He figures to be a leading candidate to start a potential Game 3 in the best-ofthree wild card round.

He declined to discuss his thoughts on falling short of his innings pitched requirement to activate a $17 million vesting option for next year. Earlier in the season, Happ expressed his displeasure with the team skipping some of his starts, believing it was an attempt to keep him from pitching enough innings.

➤ Giancarlo Stanton won’t exercise his player option following the season, according to MLB Network’s Jon Heyman. According to sources, no final decision has been made by Stanton, but with Stanton coming off another season in which he was hindered by injuries and turning 31 in November, it seems all but certain that’s the likely outcome, since he’s owed seven years and $218 million and would enter an uncertain free agent market if he hit the market.