Cam's night, Caballero's looming return & Yankee reliever's debut

NEW YORK – Before his assignment against the Blue Jays and Toronto’s rookie starter Trey Yesavage, Yankees’ young right-hander Cam Schlittler took the larger viewpoint. “Hopefully you’re facing each other for the next ‘X’ amount of years,’’ said Schlittler, adding that “it’ll be a fun matchup’’ at Yankee Stadium on Wednesday night. It was Schlittler’s three distinct fastball brands vs.

Yesavage’s unique, high-pointed delivery, and both starters used their electric stuff to lock into a scoreless battle through six innings. Things swung Toronto’s way with a tremendous 11-pitch at-bat by Andres Gimenez, who worked a bases-loaded walk after fouling off seven pitches. Ball four to Gimenez was the last of Schlittler’s 106 pitches, and the Blue Jays came away with a 2-1 victory at Yankee Stadium, where the start was delayed over two hours by rain.

With his fastball-slider-splitter arsenal out of that “unique angle,’’ Yesavage was “filling up the strike zone,’’ said Yanks manager Aaron Boone, getting a flashback of the righty’s stellar work in Game 2 of last year’s AL Division Series at Toronto. Schlittler felt it was “unacceptable’’ not to get out of that frame, which included a bunt single on a sacrifice attempt, where first baseman Paul Goldschmidt was told to be aggressive, though it was “probably a better play for (catcher Austin) Wells,’’ said Boone. “Looked like there was some indecision there.

’’ “If I get out of that inning, probably a different outcome,’’ said Schlittler, putting it on himself. Yankees' shortstop situation Reading between the lines, it sounds like Jose Caballero will resume as the regular shortstop, but Boone stopped short in making any declaration on the Caballero-Anthony Volpe situation. Coming back from a fractured left middle finger, Caballero is eligible to return from the 10-day injury list on Friday, and he’s trending toward activation for the start of that important series against the first-place Rays.