CHICAGO -- Giancarlo Stanton did not start in rightfield Saturday night after starting the first two games of the Yankees' four-game series against the White Sox.

But it had nothing to do with Stanton, who before Aug. 9 had not played the field in two years, feeling wear-and-tear from playing there regularly.

"Seems to be going well," Aaron Boone said before Saturday night's game as his club looked to extend its season-best six-game winning streak. "I feel like physically it's gone well."

There was a hiccup about two weeks ago when Stanton, 35 -- who did not play until June 16 after starting the season on the injured list with tennis elbow in both elbows -- had some difficulty in his recovery after starting three straight games in rightfield from Aug. 11-13. The Yankees, playing it appropriately cautious since then, haven't pushed Stanton to that degree, the reason he began Saturday night's game on the bench.

But there was significance to Stanton getting through the first two games at Rate Field with no issues. It marked his first start in right in a major league ballpark other than Yankee Stadium, famous for its smaller-than-most rightfield dimensions (Stanton started one game in right against the Rays at Steinbrenner Field, the Yankees' spring training home, whose outfield dimensions essentially mirror Yankee Stadium's).

As the Yankees continue to wait for Aaron Judge to be cleared to again play the field, Boone said on Saturday that ballpark dimensions won't factor into the decision of playing Stanton in the outfield. The one exception, Boone said, might be Fenway Park -- which has one of the quirkiest rightfields in the sport -- where, he said, he "possibly" could put Stanton in front of the Green Monster in left (the Yankees play at Boston Sept. 12-14). Boone added that right would be an option at Houston's Minute Maid Park, where the Yankees will begin a three-game series Tuesday night.

"We've talked about Houston a little bit, but Houston's not a real big rightfield, either. Houston's big in the middle of the diamond," Boone said. "But Fenway's the one extreme one."

Since his season started, Stanton has been among the Yankees' most consistent -- and productive -- offensive performers, hitting .300 with 17 homers, 46 RBIs and a 1.009 OPS in 53 games before Saturday night.

In his last 37 games, Stanton was hitting .336 with 16 homers, 39 RBIs and a 1.183 OPS.

As for when Judge, who began throwing at about 50% to the bases last Sunday, might get back in right, Boone did not have a timetable.

"Another good day," he said of Judge's throwing on Friday. "I think he continues to progress and continues to get a little bit better. I still don't have a date for you, but I know today's a light day [of throwing] for him."

Judge was 16-for-74 (.216) with four homers, 23 walks and an .827 OPS in 22 games since returning from the injured list on Aug. 5. His solo blast in the fourth inning Saturday night broke a scoreless tie and gave him 42 homers.

Rosters expand to 28 on Monday, and the Yankees are expected to add backup catcher J.C. Escarra before they start the three-game series against the Astros on Tuesday. It is anticipated that lefthander Ryan Yarbrough, who has been on the IL since June 22 with a right oblique strain, will be activated before that series as well. Yarbrough, likely headed to the bullpen to provide length, accompanied the club on its trip to Chicago and has had a locker in the visiting clubhouse at Rate Field . . . Jazz Chisholm Jr., who stole his 25th base of the season on Friday, became the sixth player in franchise history to record at least 25 homers and 25 stolen bases in a single season. The last to do it was Curtis Granderson, who hit 41 homers and stole 25 bases in 2011.