The Yankees didn’t land Manny Machado, but they are hoping to add a very dangerous right-handed bat to the lineup Friday night against the Mets.

That’s when Gary Sanchez returns from the disabled list and plays for the first time since June 24, when he suffered a right groin injury running out a ground ball at Tampa Bay.

The Yankees were in on Machado but feel comfortable with Miguel Andujar at third base and Didi Gregorius at shortstop instead of Machado, a free agent after the season, who would have been a rental and went from Baltimore to the Dodgers.

Now they hope Sanchez, widely considered the Yankees’ most complete hitter, is better than the .190 average he posted in 63 games before getting hurt. He has 14 homers, 41 RBIs and a .723 OPS, so Sanchez wasn’t a complete washout.

“It’s an impact bat and an important piece, offensively and defensively. He shuts down the running game and calls a good game,’’ GM Brian Cashman said of Sanchez, who hit .278 with 33 homers and 90 RBIs last season in his first full big-league year, playing 122 games. “We were able to withstand [Sanchez’s absence] but he is important.’’

Top Yankees position prospect, outfielder Estevan Florial, 20, was moved from the Gulf Coast League Yankees to Single-A Tampa on Thursday when his rehab stint ended.

Florial, who suffered a hamate bone injury, played in 36 games for Tampa from April 5-May 17 and hit .246 with a homer and 10 RBIs. In a nine-game stint for the GCL entry, which started on July 5, he batted .548 (17-for-31) with three homers and a 1.600 OPS.

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