Juan Soto was in Houston on Thursday getting on base three times in five plate appearances in the Mets ’ Opening Day loss to the Astros, so Yankees captain Aaron Judge was back hitting second and back playing right field at Yankee Stadium for game one of 162.

At the start of spring training, manager Aaron Boone said he could envision “six or seven” different players hitting leadoff for his club, and not one of the names he mentioned was Austin Wells.

We have questions,” the Yankees’ skipper said of his banged-up roster, “but we think we have answers too.” One of those questions, even before the wave of injuries, was how the Yankees would handle the leadoff spot.