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Cano’s HR swing really clicking for Yankees

Robinson Cano wasn’t offering any hints about whom he has selected to be part of the AL Home Run Derby team for next week’s All-Star Game in Kansas City. A formal announcement will be made today, he said, but getting any advance information out of him proved as difficult as it is to get a fastball past him these days.

“I’ve got everything ready,” he said of the three players he has chosen who along with himself will represent the AL in the Home Run Derby. “But we’re going to announce it [today]. That’s all I can say.”

Told Angels slugger Mark Trumbo already has confirmed he’ll be part of the squad, Cano didn’t budge.

“I can’t say anything about that because I’ll be able to announce everything [today],” he said. “Sorry.”

Cano was clearly as locked in about not saying a peep about his Home Run Derby team as he is at the plate. A torrid June, when he hit 11 home runs, has carried into July, when Cano opened the new month by hitting a two-run homer in the third inning of the Yankees’ 4-2 win over the White Sox yesterday at the Stadium.

If Old-Timers’ Day offered a nostalgic remembrance of the past, Cano offered a reminder there are a few Yankees legends in the making. His rocket over the right-center field wall came off a 3-2 pitch from White Sox starter Gavin Floyd, who had escaped trouble in the first inning when Cano grounded into a double play with no outs and the bases loaded.

But before the Yankees’ lack of production with runners in scoring position this year could become an issue, Cano hit his 20th home run of the season after Mark Teixeira had walked with one out.

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The calendar may have turned, but Cano stayed as hot as yesterday’s smoldering temperatures. He has homered in nine of his last 14 games and is batting .438 with five homers, two doubles, 11 RBIs and seven runs scored in his last eight games.

“He’s comfortable,” said Derek Jeter. “When Robbie gets locked in, he’s tough to get out. He hits the ball all over the place. We’ve seen him do this before. When he gets locked in, he gets a lot of hits. Probably not as many home runs, but Robbie knows how to hit.”

Jeter, Curtis Granderson and Cano were yesterday named as starters for the AL All-Star team, with CC Sabathia, currently on the disabled list, elected through the “Player Ballot.” It’s the third straight fan elected start for Cano, making him the first second baseman from the same club to do it since Roberto Alomar with the Orioles (1996-1998).

“I want to thank everyone that voted,” Cano said. “Hopefully, we can go out there and do something good.”

Cano has downplayed his current streak, saying he’s not doing anything different at the plate and feels no different than he did at the start of the season.

“There’s no explaining it,” he said. “I’m just taking advantage of the pitches right in the middle. Things are clicking right now.”

There was once a time when players closing the first half of the season on a hot stretch might be apprehensive about competing in the Home Run Derby. Swing mechanics could be compromised.

But Cano won the Home Run Derby last year and showed no ill effects from it, hitting .302 with 28 home runs and 118 RBIs for the season. That eases any apprehension Joe Girardi might have with Cano participating again this year.

“He’s very consistent in his work,” the Yankees manager said. “You’ll always see him work the other way. And when he doesn’t, [Jeter] gets on him.”

The only certainty about Cano’s Home Run Derby lineup this year is that his father, Jose, will again be part of the festivities. Everyone else’s name, he’s keeping to himself.

george.willis@nypost.com