Watch out for the Yankees to be on the Diamondbacks slugger should Arizona put him on the trade block as the deadline looms.

Major League Baseball released the first update in All-Star Game voting on Monday, less than a month before the All-Star Game is slated to take place at Truist Park, home of the Atlanta Braves. The top vote recipients in each league should come as no surprise: New York Yankees outfielder Aaron Judge in the American League and Los Angeles Dodgers two-way star Shohei Ohtani in the National League.

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Jose Soriano fits the mould of a pitcher the New York Yankees have struggled with throughout the year. He’s a pitch-to-contact thrower who has one of the highest ground ball rates in the sport and seldom throws fastball stuff.

Oswald Peraza spent part of Saturday afternoon in unfamiliar territory. Long before the gates opened at Fenway Park, the New York Yankees infielder was settling under fly balls in right field at while outfield coach Luis Rojas barked directions. He worked on throwing to different bases. He talked through footwork.

In winning 10 of their last 15 games, the Red Sox vaulted the .500 mark for the first time since May 24, and creeped within 6 ½ games of the front-running Yankees. And now a nine-game trip that includes a visit to San Francisco and old friend Devers looms.

Aaron Judge and the New York Yankees enjoy a commanding 3.5 game-lead to the top of the American League East standings. However, they were humiliated by their arch rivals, the Boston Red Sox over the weekend as they won the three game series 3-0.

The New York Yankees have seen DJ LeMahieu handle a majority of the work at second base since his return. However, for Oswald Peraza and Pablo Reyes on the bench, at-bats are tough to come by.