At some point the Yankees need to decide if waiting for Giancarlo Stanton’s right quadriceps injury to heal enough for him to contribute in some role during the ALCS against the Astros is a wise strategy.

After going 2-for-4 with a homer in a 7-0 win at Minute Maid Park on Saturday, Stanton wasn’t able to play in Game 2 after suffering the injury running to first on a second-inning single in

Game 1.

He fielded ground balls gingerly in left field and hit indoors before Game 3, but didn’t appear in the 4-1 defeat that gave the Astros a 2-1 lead in the best-of-seven series that resumes Thursday night at Yankee Stadium following Wednesday’s washout.

“I have not seen him yet [Wednesday]. I’ll probably go from here actually and see how his treatment and everything goes today,’’ manager Aaron Boone said on a conference call Wednesday afternoon. “I’m not sure [about putting him in the lineup]. I’m not really close to making that decision yet. That will be something that we kind of work through [Wednesday] and possibly even into [Thursday] before I make that decision.’’

Asked about working with a 24-man roster instead of 25, Boone doesn’t necessarily view it that way.

“That will be another conversation. And even though [Stanton] hasn’t been able to go yet, I did view him as a potential option off the bench in a hitting situation if we like something. So I don’t look at it as we’re entirely 24-man right now,’’ Boone said. “I do believe we have his bat off the bench right now. And whether a situation for that arises, we’ll see. But we’ll continue to evaluate this as smartly as we can moving forward.’’

Factoring into any decision is that if Stanton is removed from the ALCS roster, he would be ineligible to participate in the World Series should the Yankees advance. Mike Tauchman, Tyler Wade and Luke Voit are candidates to replace Stanton if that decision is made.

Boone said Aaron Hicks, who started Game 3 in center field and went 0-for-2 with two walks in his first big-league start since Aug. 3, will be in the lineup for Game 4 but didn’t say whether he would play center field.

“My feel right now is that Aaron will probably be in the lineup some way, shape or form. But, again, it’s not something I’ve finalized yet,’’ Boone said.

When giving the Yankees’ rotation for Games 4 and 5, Boone used the word “likely’’ when announcing James Paxton would start Game 5.

Asked why he used “likely,’’ Boone said he is counting on Paxton making that start.

“He’s going to pitch. I mean, I guess if something got really crazy in a Game 4 scenario, but he will — I plan on him pitching Game 5,’’ Boone said. “We’ve prepared him for that. He threw a side [Tuesday] so that’s our thought.’’

Paxton started Game 2 and was removed in the third inning with two on and one out. Chad Green replaced him and retired two batters to get the Yankees out of a jam.