TAMPA — Everything isn’t hunky-dory in Yankees spring training.

Just about two weeks before breaking camp, injuries have sidelined a couple key players.

There are other issues, big and small, to be concerned about, too.

Here are six of them:

1. HICKS’ SORE BACK

Aaron Hicks still is dealing with some back discomfort that’s sidelined him for more than a week, and best-case the switch-hitting center fielder won’t play again until next Tuesday.

“Hicks did a little bit (Thursday) with some dry swings,” manager Aaron Boone said Friday night before the Yankees’ 6-5 loss to the Detroit Tigers. “He played catch. He (was) still kind of the same (on Friday). So we’ll probably hold him out through (Monday’s) off day.

Hicks hasn’t felt right since March 1 when he first noticed back discomfort during batting practice and then again while playing the first five innings of a game against the Baltimore Orioles. He’s improved some since, but not all the way.

“We’re just playing it real conservative,” Boone said. “I don’t think he’s in a lot of pain or anything and I feel like it is minor, but it’s something that we want to make sure that we get out of there.”

2. TULO WHIFFING IT UP

It was nice seeing five-time All-Star shortstop Troy Tulowitzki come out smoking hot in his first action since 2017, and his 3-for-6 with two homers in his first three games as a Yankee brought back memories of his Colorado Rockies heyday.

His last three didn’t go so well, as he’s 0-for-8 with six strikeouts.

Playing on back-to-back days for the first time this spring, Tulowitzki was 0-for-3 with three strikeouts on Friday. The day before, he was 0-for-3 with two strikeouts against the Phillies.

“He’s a little behind,” Boone said. “Against Phllly, I thought he had a couple good at-bats. When he struck out to open the game, I thought he had some real good swings. He was fouling some pitches straight back. I feel like his swing looks good. He’s staying on balance for the most part.

“It’s just the nature of it when he hasn’t played. The home runs that he had the first couple games, it’s nice to get results, but it’s more about getting the reps and getting into the fire a little bit and racking up the at-bats so you can start making adjustments and start feeling things. But i think overall he looks pretty good.”

3. SEVERINO’S SHOULDER

The Yankees are optimistic that No. 1 starter Luis Severino only will be shut down two weeks with rotator cuff inflammation, but they won’t know for sure until he’s reexamined around March 15.

If Severino has improved, then he’ll start his spring training over and potentially would be ready to pitch for the Yankees around late April or early May. But that’s only the best-case scenario and it’s still possible Severino could miss more time, and that would be a huge blow for the Yankees.

4. ROTATION DEPTH

With the Yankees already down two starting pitchers for the start of the season – lefty CC Sabathia and Severino will open on the disabled list – Boone has been talking up the three top internal candidates to fill in: Young righties Jonathan Loaisiga, Domingo German and Luis Cessa.

All three have lively arms, but each also is a big question mark heading into 2019 due to inconsistency in past big-league opportunities.

It doesn’t make sense now for the Yanks to go out and sign Dallas Keuchel to a big-money deal - even for one season – but a Severino setback combined with early season struggles by the youngsters could lead to GM Brian Cashman going on the hunt for starting pitching help outside the organization.

Thus far this spring, Cessa has had the most success of the candidates, as he has allowed just one run over five innings over two outings, one as a starter. German worked 4 2/3 shutout innings over his first two outings, but was roughed up for three runs, two earned, over three innings on Friday night.

Loaisiga has a 6.43 ERA thus far in three outings, two as a starter, with five runs allowed over seven innings.

5. STANTON’S SLUMP

The highlight of Giancarlo Stanton’s spring so far was his two-run, first-inning bomb on Friday night off Tigers lefty Matthew Boyd that carried way over the left-field wall.

The rest of Stanton’s spring has been very underwhelming. After going 1-for-3 against the Tigers, Stanton is hitting .190 with one homer, two RBI with four strikeouts and three walks in seven games.

“He’s just working to find that timing," Boone said. “It’s good to see him get a good result. He has been working some counts and getting some walks.”

6. SANCHEZ NOT HITTING

The Yankees are hoping for a huge rebound season in 2019 for catcher Gary Sanchez, who hit a shockingly low .186 with 18 homers in 89 games during his injury-plagued 2018 campaign.

So far this spring, Sanchez has endured more struggles batting .091 with one hit in 11 at-bats. Sure, 11 at-bats is nothing, but it would have been nice to see the Sanchez of 2016 and 2017 raking early into Grapefruit League play to show people his bat is back.

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