Max Schuemann

Schuemann will remain on standby at the club’s spring training facility in Florida in case they need to bring up a position player later this week or during the postseason. He was brought back to the majors over the weekend to replace an injured Aaron Judge (calf) on New York’s active roster.

Schuemann receives the call to replace injured superstar Aaron Judge (calf) on New York’s roster prior to Saturday’s game against the Diamondbacks. The versatile 29-year-old has hit .194 (14-for-72) with two homers and three steals in 42 games for the Yankees this season.

Cody Bellinger will be activated Sunday, so Schuemann returns to Triple-A after just two days on the roster.

Schuemann, now 29, hit .194/.333/.361 for the Yankees in 87 plate appearances earlier in the year. He’s hitting .256/.385/.402 for Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre in 145 plate appearances.

Schuemann passed through waivers unclaimed after being removed from New York’s 40-man roster to make room at Monday’s trade deadline. The 29-year-old figures to stick around as organizational depth for the final two months of the season.

Schuemann was in a 1-for-18 slump to begin the second half, so he’s the choice to go to make room for Luis García Jr. This will probably lead to some additional outfield time for José Caballero.

Sure, why not. Schuemann has posted a respectable .378 on-base percentage through 36 games this season, which earns him the opportunity to face White Sox starter Noah Schultz with Trent Grisham on the bench and Paul Goldschmidt hitting third. It’s unclear whether this is a one-game outlier or the start of a larger trend for Yankees manager Aaron Boone. We’ll see.

Schuemann (.906) has a far better OPS against lefties than Jasson Domínguez (.693), José Caballero (.657), Anthony Volpe (.657) and Amed Rosario (.656), but he wasn’t picked over any of them tonight. He has just three at-bats so far in the second half.

Schuemann will come up to take Giancarlo Stanton’s (calf) spot on the active roster. However, Schuemann is hitting .203/.362/.297 in 96 plate appearances at Triple-A this season, so it seems likely that he will just be sent down later this week when Anthony Volpe (shoulder) comes off the IL.

The 28-year-old infielder had been designated for assignment on Friday. The Yankees were in the market for quality infield depth with the uncertainty around the status of Anthony Volpe to begin the season, so Schuemann looks like a quality addition. The glove-first infielder can continue to be ignored for fantasy purposes.

The A’s needed to clear a spot on the 40-man roster for recently claimed Andy Ibanez, so Schuemann was let go. The 28-year-old can play all over the diamond, but he has hit just .212/.306/.297 in 672 MLB plate appearances. His minor league track record is better, and his defensive versatility might win him some fans in another organization.