Laura Albanese

By shifting to a six-man rotation — one that should include Butto if he keeps pitching at this level — the Mets will be able to pitch Kodai Senga on six days rest, further keep their bullpen from being overtaxed and retain the option to replace Adrian Houser if he doesn’t turn things around.

The thing is, there’s no way to tell who’s right in this scenario. A small lane was, indeed, open for Alonso to slide, but Amaya’s foot was also there blocking the plate a good long time before the throw came in. And that’s a big, big problem.

Alonso hit his 200th homer in his 710th major-league game Saturday, making him the fourth-fastest player to reach that milestone.

J.D. Martinez, who signed a one-year, $12 million deal on March 23 but was sidelined with a balky back, went 2-for-4 with an RBI double on Friday.

The parade of futility spoiled another strong outing by Cortes, who gave up all of his runs in a shaky third inning, but otherwise dominated

“It feels good — I’m not going to lie — writing that lineup and putting his name to paper,” Carlos Mendoza said.

Going into Thursday’s tilt against the A’s, their 2.95 ERA was second-lowest in the majors.

Marcus Stroman allowed three runs in 5 1/3 innings. During the game, the Yankees announced that DJ LeMahieu was pulled from his rehab game with soreness in his injured right foot.

Boone said Tuesday that he was satisfied with talks with the league and was ready to put the incident behind him.

“People love something unique and fun and Max is both of them,” said Commack-based t-shirt maker Dan Abrams