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TAMPA — When the Yankees played their final game of spring training on Monday, Aaron Judge wasn’t in the lineup for a third straight day.

Not surprisingly, that set off alarms with the fan base, but Aaron Boone said the right fielder “should be good to go” for Thursday’s season opener against the Blue Jays in The Bronx.

General manager Brian Cashman said Judge reported not feeling well and blamed it on allergies, but Judge was still sent through COVID protocols to rule that out.

“It was just normal spring training stuff,’’ Cashman said. “In the COVID environment, any little issue conveyed, you react a little larger to. We sent him through all the protocols and thankfully eliminated all stuff other than not feeling really well.”

Judge last played Friday and doubled. Judge hit his first — and only — homer of the spring on Thursday against the Phillies in Clearwater, Fla.

On Saturday, he said the team was “ready to go. I think we’ve been ready for quite a while now. Usually the last couple weeks of spring training are kind of tough, more mentally, I think, than anything. … April 1, It’s go time.”

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