Carlos Carrasco, a non-roster invitee to spring training, made the Yankees out of camp only because of the slew of injuries to the rotation and the organization’s overall lack of starting pitching depth.

But just over a month into the season, the Yankees had seen enough, designating the 38-year-old for assignment before Tuesday night’s game against the Padres.

“Just felt like it was the right time,” Aaron Boone said.

The 38-year-old Carrasco, in his 16th season in the big leagues, had a few positive moments with the Yankees but not enough of them. The righthander was 2-2 with a 5.91 ERA in eight outings (six starts).

To take Carrasco’s spot on the roster, the Yankees recalled Yerry de los Santos from Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre. The righthander, who appeared in one game earlier this season for the Yankees, has thrown fairly well for Scranton but is not an option to start. He’s posted a 1.74 ERA in 10 games for the RailRiders (no starts), allowing eight hits and four walks over 10 1/3 total innings in which he struck out 11.

Assuming remaining rotation members Clarke Schmidt, slated to start Tuesday night against San Diego, Max Fried, Will Warren and Carlos Rodon take their regular turns, the Yankees won’t need their fifth starter until next Tuesday night in Seattle.

Ryan Yarbrough, who has excelled as a long man this season and who pitched well in a spot start last week when Schmidt was bumped with soreness in his side – allowing one run over four innings – is one option. But the number of times the Yankees have had to go to Yarbrough when starters not named Fried or, more recently, Rodon, have failed to get past five innings, suggest they might need the lefthander before next Tuesday.

“Kind of depends how the next couple of games unfold and how that unfolds,” Boone said. “Yarbrough obviously plays a role in some way, shape or form, could be length a certain day, could be starting a day. We’ll see how the days unfold that kind of impact that.”

The most likely option is Allan Winans, a non-roster invitee to spring training who has eight major-league starts under his belt (all with Atlanta in 2023 and 2024) and who has been very good for Scranton. Winans, 29, has not allowed a run in four outings (three starts) over 14 innings.

“He’s been throwing the ball really well and he’s very much in play for us,” Boone said. “Potentially here in some kind of a role here moving forward. But the reports have been good."

Carrasco’s last outing with the Yankees before being DFA’d came in Sunday’s 7-5 loss to the Rays when he came out of the bullpen and pitched the final three innings, allowing two runs, five hits and a walk. In what turned out to be his last start, Wednesday in Baltimore, Carrasco allowed four runs and eight hits over 3 1/3 innings.

“My slider, it backed up a lot,” Carrasco said after the outing in Baltimore. “It feels weird because that’s one of my main pitches. My slider’s really important, but I couldn’t find it.”

The well-liked and respected Carrasco theoretically could end up back with the Yankees if he is not claimed within the next week by another team. If that is the case, he could then choose to accept his assignment and serve as organizational rotation depth, still a desperate need for the Yankees, in Scranton.

“Who knows?” Boone said. “(He) may be back here. I don’t know what lies ahead the next several days or where he’s at (mentally), but just a lot of respect for the guy.”

Giancarlo Stanton, who started the season on the 60-day IL with tendon tears in both elbows, took another step in his rehab Tuesday afternoon, taking live BP against righty Jake Cousins (on the 60-day with a right elbow flexor strain). Stanton hit a sharp grounder in his first at-bat and “walked” his second time up in what was a 15-pitch session for Cousin, who also faced J.C. Escarra. “Great,” Stanton said of how everything felt. “Good for the first one, for sure.” There remains no timetable for his return but shortly after the calendar turns to June is not out of the question … Boone said DJ LeMahieu, scheduled to continue his rehab assignment this week with Scranton, could possibly rejoin the club during its upcoming West Coast trip to play the A’s and Mariners.