After facing the Rays at their own spring training/Low-A ballpark last month, this weekend the Yankees will play a series at a minor-league facility for the second time this season. As they await an anticipated move to Las Vegas, the Athletics are citizens of nowhere. They’re playing their home games this season at Sutter Health Park in West Sacramento, home of the Giants’ Triple-A affiliate, while branded simply as the Athletics. Enthralling.

Despite their status in limbo, the A’s have taken a step forward this year on the strength of two Yankees castoffs in their rotation as well as Tyler Soderstrom and Jacob Wilson, both former first-rounders (at different points in their careers) who appear to be figuring it out at the big-league level. They enter this weekend’s tilt above .500 and within striking distance of the Mariners for first place in the AL West, facing a key test against the Yankees, who top the AL East.

Friday: Will Warren vs. Osvaldo Bido (7:05 pm ET)

It’s been a frustrating start to the year for Will Warren, who carries a 5.65 ERA into play tonight. There’s reason to believe he’s pitched to some bad luck — his strikeout and ground-ball rates are both well above average, leading to a FIP of 4.10. The problem has been that he’s allowing lighting bolts of contact, the right-hander’s hard-hit rate of 54.3 percent leading all qualified MLB starters. Warren’s last outing was typical. The 25-year-old struck out eight Rays but allowed three walks and seven hits, lasting just 4.2 innings and surrendering five runs (three earned) in the loss.

He’ll face Osvaldo Bido. The 29-year-old impressed in nine starts last season but has looked less sharp this year. Bido has a 4.71 ERA and an unsightly 21:14 strikeout-to-walk ratio. His four-seamer has been particularly ineffective; after holding opponents to a .282 slugging percentage last year, hitters are slugging .500 off the pitch in 2025. He allowed four runs in five innings to the last-place Marlins his last time out in an eventual loss.

Saturday: Carlos Rodón vs. JP Sears (1:05 pm ET)

After an inconsistent start to the year, Carlos Rodón has turned on the jets. He’s held opponents scoreless three of his last four times out, including a three-hit, 6.2-inning performance against the Padres on Monday. The left-hander ranks in the 99th percentile in pitching run value, with his four-seamer, sinker, and slider all grading out as elite. Opponents are hitting just .151 against him overall, tops in the majors, including a .098 mark against his slider.

He’s lined up to oppose former Yankee JP Sears. In his fourth season with the A’s since being dealt for Frankie Montas (oof), the southpaw appears to be peaking, posting a 2.93 ERA as he’s gone 4-2 through seven starts. He’s succeeded largely through control; Sears’ 32:6 strikeout-to-walk ratio is top 10 in baseball. The 29-year-old took a no-decision his last time out, allowing two runs on four hits against the Marlins in 6.1 innings of work.

Sunday: TBD vs. Luis Severino (1:05 pm ET)

After designating Carlos Carrasco for assignment, the Yankees have yet to announce a starter for Sunday’s game. With Thursday’s offday, they could roll with Clarke Schmidt on regular rest (as they’re doing with Rodón the day prior). If they want to give Schmidt another day after the soreness that delayed his last start by a couple days, they could also hand the ball to Ryan Yarbrough, the lefty swingman who pitched the first four innings of last Saturday’s game against the Rays and allowed just one run on one hit.

Manager Aaron Boone has also mentioned Allan Winans as an option to join the mix in Carrasco’s absence. The 29-year-old right-hander, who’s yet to allow a run in 14 Triple-A innings, hasn’t appeared in any of the RailRiders’ seven games since his last outing April 30th, leaving him available should the Yankees call his number. The other possibility would be using a short-inning reliever as an opener with a bulk arm — like Yarbrough or Winans — pitching behind them. Of course, since Carrasco cleared waivers and was sent outright to Triple-A, they could always make a move to bring him back too. That would be the least interesting option, but Boone never dismissed the chance of a Cookie return.

The A’s know who’s pitching Sunday and it’s someone the Yankees know, too. Former New York ace Luis Severino, who signed the largest free-agent deal in A’s history this offseason, has lived up to that contract thus far. This will be the right-hander’s first career start against the team that signed him as a 17-year-old in 2011, as his rotation spot never quite lined up last year during the Yankees’ Subway Series matchups.

Despite going 1-3, Severino carries a 3.62 ERA into the weekend, buoyed by allowing just four long balls in 49.2 innings. Only four MLB starters have a higher bWAR than Sevy’s 1.7. While some of his numbers — such as a .280 expected batting average against — project regression, the veteran has put together a strong track record in each of his stops since leaving the Bronx.