NEW YORK -- Carlos Rodón was dealing with a blister on his pitching hand during his Game 2 World Series start against the Dodgers on Saturday night, but the Yankees considered the issue ¡°manageable,¡± manager Aaron Boone said on Monday.

Television cameras showed Rod¨®n looking at his left hand during the third inning, also displaying small streaks of blood wiped across the left leg of his uniform pants.

Relying heavily on his fastball, Rod¨®n surrendered three homers in his 3 1/3-inning outing, including blasts to Teoscar Hern¨¢ndez and Freddie Freeman in the third inning.

¡°We were paying attention to it, but the trainers and Carlos felt like it was manageable and he was in an OK spot,¡± Boone said.

Boone said that he believes Rod¨®n will be ready for Game 6 on Friday night, should the Yankees force the World Series back to Los Angeles.

¡°I don¡¯t think [Rod¨®n would be unavailable], but I hope not,¡± Boone said.

Judge stays where he is
Aaron Judge will remain the Yankees¡¯ No. 3 hitter despite his offensive struggles, Boone said before the Dodgers took a 3-0 Series lead with a 4-2 victory in Game 3. Judge is 1-for-12 with one walk and seven strikeouts through three games in the Fall Classic.

¡°That's our guy, and there's pressure in the Series, whatever spot you're hitting,¡± Boone said. ¡°He's our guy, and [we are] confident he'll get it going.¡±

Boone said that he was encouraged by Judge¡¯s at-bat against Blake Treinen in Game 1, acknowledging that the slugger¡¯s mechanics looked ¡°a little off¡± in Game 2, when he went hitless with three strikeouts.

¡°He¡¯s going to break out at some point,¡± Boone said. ¡°Moving forward in his career, he¡¯s going to have great series too. There¡¯s no doubt in my mind. A little bit of it is just baseball.¡±

Trevi¡¯s time
Austin Wells¡¯ recent offensive struggles prompted Boone to start Jose Trevino behind the plate in Game 3, marking Trevino¡¯s second start of the postseason and his first in the World Series.

¡°Austin, it¡¯s really hard to take him out from behind the plate, as well as he¡¯s doing back there,¡± Boone said. ¡°It¡¯s been a tough stretch for him offensively, so I just feel like it¡¯s a game [for him] to watch and get a little more balance in the lineup. Maybe it means a better leverage at-bat for him later in the game.¡±

Wells -- who pinch-hit for Trevino in the seventh and went 0-for-2 in Game 3 -- is 4-for-43 (.093) this postseason, with one home run, three RBIs, three walks and 19 strikeouts.

Trevino made his World Series debut as a pinch-hitter in the ninth inning of Game 2, flying out against Dodgers left-hander Alex Vesia. Boone said that at-bat did not factor significantly into his decision to start Trevino.

¡°Being able to put on this uniform and perform in a World Series game, this is every kid's dream come true,¡± said Trevino, who went 0-for-2 before Wells replaced him.

No short story
There is no scenario in which the Yankees would start Gerrit Cole on short rest in Tuesday¡¯s Game 4, Boone said, adding that he is locked in to giving Luis Gil the ball.

¡°That is not something I want to do with Gerrit this year, with what he¡¯s been through,¡± Boone said.

Cole¡¯s season debut was delayed until June 19 due to right elbow inflammation. He threw 88 pitches over six-plus innings in his Game 1 outing at Los Angeles, taking a no-decision in the Yankees¡¯ 6-3, 10-inning loss.

Boone said that he felt the time was right to take out Cole, saying that he seemed ¡°done¡± after an eight-pitch at-bat against Hern¨¢ndez resulted in a single.

Gil will be pitching to save the Yankees¡¯ season. It¡¯s an assignment that the rookie right-hander said he is prepared to embrace.

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¡°I think the experience that I've gotten from watching and participating is just how to control the emotions out there,¡± Gil said through an interpreter. ¡°There's a lot going on, but at the same time, you just have to take it pitch by pitch and batter by batter.¡±