CHICAGO -- The Yankees have had a very eventful weekend and while they mostly made news for their most recent acquisition and the return of a superstar, on the field the team found a way to split a four-game set with the White Sox.\n\nHere are three takeaways from Sunday’s 10-3 victory in the series finale in Chicago.\n\n• Box score\n\n**Offense thrives ahead of a major overhaul**\n\nThe Yankees lineup is going to look drastically different in the next few days with the expected return of
Frazier became the first roster casualty, as the team optioned him to Triple-A Scranton Wilkes-Barre after the game to create a spot for Encarnacion on the 25-man roster. More moves are likely coming soon.\n\n“It’s a tough pill to swallow. It’s never fun, especially with the way I thought I contributed to the team this year,” Frazier said after the game. “Guess I’m facing reality right now.”\n\nFrazier has played well this season with 11 homers and an .843 OPS in 53 games for the Yankees and has been one of the team’s most consistent bats while Stanton and Judge have been on the shelf.\n\nGardner, who also figures to lose at-bats in the coming days, understands the situation he and the team find themselves in and has a message for his young teammate.\n\n“That kind of thing can be tough,” Gardner said of Frazier’s demotion. “Sometimes when decisions are made, you don’t always agree with them. You just gotta keep your head down and keep moving forward. He’s a guy that has a ton of talent. He’s gonna play this game for a long time. He’s been a big part of why we’re in first place \\[in the division\\] and he’s going to continue to do that.\n\n“We have a lot of talented guys in the room which will do nothing but make our team stronger so you never know what can happen. Nobody probably expected me to play center field 40 out of the first 45 days of the season. You gotta stay ready. Anytime you can add somebody as good as Edwin, he’s a guy who’s going to make us better. We’re looking forward to having him on board. How that affects me isn’t something I’m concerned about right now.”\n\nYankees general manager Brian Cashman has already begun to make moves ahead of the Trade Deadline, which is July 31. Frazier’s demotion could make him a prime candidate to be moved for starting pitching help, especially after free agent
The curveball made the difference in the game and while Paxton only threw 12 curveballs he made them count, getting strikes on seven of them with only one being put in play.\n\n“It was a good two-strike pitch for me today. Even before two strikes, I was able to get some swings and misses on it,” Paxton said of his curves. “I was just working on some mechanical stuff this week and executing that and finding my comfortable spot on the mound.”\n\nWhile it will officially count as one quality start, unofficially the Yankees have had two quality starts in a row as Paxton followed the performance by Green and Cortes Jr. during Saturday’s victory. New York had been without a quality start since June 6.\n\n“Thought he got stronger as the game unfolded, but a big effort by him for us” Yankees manager Boone said. “Today, I thought \\[there were\\] a lot of innings where there were a couple of soft contacts extending innings that increased his pitch count to go up, otherwise I think gets really deep in that game.”\n\n**Homers for everyone**\n\nThere’s been a huge spike in homers around the game in 2019 and the Yankees have seen the effects of it firsthand.