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Aaron Boone didn’t make public what the Yankees’ roster for Game 1 will look like, but it likely will include Edwin Encarnacion as the designated hitter.

Following a workout Wednesday at Yankee Stadium, Boone and Encarnacion were encouraged the left oblique strain that forced the right-handed hitter to the injured list on Sept. 13 was no longer a problem.

After rain pushed the Yankees’ Thursday workout indoors, the refrain remained the same.

“I worked in the gym and hit in the cage,’’ Encarnacion said. “I felt nothing. I feel 100 percent and ready to go. I let it go in the cage with the machine, and I didn’t feel nothing.’’

Encarnacion’s workload has Boone believing the 36-year-old who hit 13 homers and drove in 37 runs 44 games as a Yankee will be healthy enough to help.

“My expectation is yes, he will be on the roster,’’ Boone said.

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