Rodriguez gets start vs. righty

Alex Rodriguez was right. We haven’t heard the last of him.

Joe Girardi said Rodriguez was the obvious choice to fill in at DH Wednesday against Texas right-hander Nick Martinez when Carlos Beltran (hamstring) and Mark Teixeira (knee) sat out.

“He’s had a lot of at-bats against righties,” the manager said of Rodriguez before the 9-7 win. “And I didn’t say necessarily he wasn’t going to DH against certain [righties]. It was just [that] we were going with [Aaron] Hicks and we put Beltran in the DH spot.”

Rodriguez went 0-for-5, including a ninth-inning line drive hit right to second baseman Rougned Odor. He was booed after an eighth-inning groundout.

“I’m excited about my last atbat,” Rodriguez said. “It was a good opportunity there. The results [were] not so good. Good swing, [though].”

The Yankees signed their first-round pick, outfielder Blake Rutherford, for $3.2 million, according to a source. The deal was $800,000 above slot for the No. 18 overall pick. Rutherford had signed with UCLA and some believed he would attend college instead of agreeing to a deal.

Girardi downplayed the chance of Aaron Judge being recalled, despite the team’s injuries, citing a need to keep a 12man pitching staff and a reluctance to recall him from Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre short-term.

“The minor league people are trying to finish him off, so when and if he gets here, he’s here to stay,” the manager said. “He’s gotten really hot. We’re seeing improvement, which I think is really positive. We’re seeing things we didn’t see last year.’’

Derek Jeter, Andy Pettitte, Jorge Posada and Mariano Rivera — among others — are scheduled to take part in an onfield reunion of the 1996 World Championship team on August 13. Rivera will be honored the following day with his Monument Park plaque dedication.