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The right-handed hitting depth the Yankees acquired ahead of the trade deadline has been all but depleted for at least the immediate future.

Less than a week after Austin Slater hit the injured list with a hamstring injury, Amed Rosario was placed on the 10-day injured list with a left sternoclavicular joint sprain suffered while crashing into the right field wall Friday.

The move was retroactive to Saturday, and lefty-hitting catcher J.C. Escarra was recalled from Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre in a corresponding move.

The utilityman expressed a desire to return after the minimum stint — a sentiment manager Aaron Boone echoed — and said he feels “day-to-day, really, physically,” but until Rosario becomes available again, his absence will severely limit the late-game chess moves Boone can make.

“It seems like he’s even doing better today,” Boone said before the Yankees completed their series against the Astros in The Bronx. “Hopefully, it’s just that [minimum stint].”

Trainers examined Rosario after he hit the electronic portion of the wall — the section that doesn’t have padding — in the 10th inning Friday, a play that ended up turning into a fielder’s choice despite Rosario not collecting the ball. He remained in the game and flied out to lead off the bottom of the frame.

“I was trying to make a play,” Rosario said of the collision through a team interpreter. “Started running real fast trying to catch that ball.”

But he didn’t play Saturday and was left explaining pain in his upper chest to reporters Sunday, just over two weeks after the Yankees acquired him from the Nationals in exchange for right-handed pitcher Clayton Beeter and outfielder Browm Martinez. It served as a critical move for general manager Brian Cashman, one that addressed a glaring lack of bench options. They landed Slater from the White Sox for a similar reason.

Slater exited last Monday’s game with left hamstring tightness after running out a ball, and he’s expected to miss another three to five weeks based on Boone’s original timeline. Then Rosario got injured after going 3-for-7 in his first four games with the Yankees. Now, in a scenario like Saturday, when José Caballero starts in the infield against a lefty and Paul Goldschmidt, Aaron Judge and Giancarlo Stanton also are in the lineup, the Yankees don’t have a right-handed bat on the bench.

“Escarra kinda gives us coverage in kind of a different kinda way, especially [Sunday] with having some righties over there — on the bench gives us some flexibility in the middle of the game to do some things,” Boone said.

The Yankees aren’t scheduled to face a lefty starter during their upcoming series against the Twins and Cardinals. But in the middle of a stretch in which they’ve lost six of their past eight games, one of their major weaknesses has been exposed again.

And for at least the next eight days, they’ll need to operate without a piece they hoped could help fix some of their offensive woes.