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Juan Soto may no longer be hitting in front of “the best hitter in baseball,” but “the best hitter in baseball” believes the $765 million man will be just fine.

A day after Soto explained to The Post’s Mike Puma that pitchers are attacking him differently this season because he is no longer batting in front of Aaron Judge, the comments made their way back to the Yankees’ two-time AL MVP.

Judge said he was not going to get into a back-and-forth with Soto on the matter, but downplayed his own part in it.

“[Soto has] got probably one of the best hitters in the game behind him right now with what [Pete] Alonso’s doing,” said Judge before going 2-for-3 with a walk in the Yankees’ 4-2 win over the Royals Tuesday at Yankee Stadium. “It’s been fun to watch. He’s hitting close to .400 [.345 entering Tuesday], driving the ball all over the field, driving guys in. They’re going to be just fine.

“I’ve seen Soto now watching the league for so many years and then getting a chance to see him up close — you can look at what I did last April for an example. Just keep being himself and he’s going to be just fine.”

After having arguably the best season of his accomplished career last year with the Yankees, Soto entered Tuesday batting .250 with two home runs and an .829 OPS in just 16 games with the Mets.

He indicated he has gotten fewer pitches to hit than he did last season, when pitchers had to pick their poison between the most fearsome Nos. 2 and 3 hitters in the game in Soto and Judge, who both put up monster numbers.

“It’s definitely different,” Soto told The Post on Monday. “I had the best hitter in baseball hitting behind me. I was getting more attacked and more pitches in the strike zone, less intentional walks and things like that. I was pitched differently last year.”

Judge, as he referenced, had his own slow start last April while hitting behind Soto, batting .207 with six home runs and a .754 OPS through 31 games entering May before catching fire for his second MVP season.

This year, without Soto in front of him, Judge has gotten off to a much better start, entering Tuesday batting .367 with six home runs and a 1.212 OPS.

But the Yankees captain, as he has numerous times since Soto spurned The Bronx to sign in Queens this winter, reiterated Tuesday that it is impossible to replace him.

“He’s one of one,” Judge said. “That’s why he signed the deal he did and why all 30 teams were after a guy like that.”

While Soto will likely get back to producing like Soto over time, it remains to be seen how well the Yankees will be able to make up for his absence.

So far, though, the early results have been encouraging.

Coming into Tuesday’s game against the Royals, the Yankees ranked second in the majors in runs per game (6.19), first in home runs (32) and first in OPS (.844).

“First, I would say it’s a small sample at this point,” manager Aaron Boone said. “We’ve played, what, a tenth of the season? It’s such a long year. These first couple weeks don’t necessarily define anyone.

“That being said, I think we have a chance to have a really good offense. We got the best player in the sport right in the middle of things and I feel like we have really capable people around him. And we also feel like young, emerging players that we’re counting on to take another step in their development and their career. I feel like we have more speed this year, so some different ways you can go about it on a different way. But right now, I feel like we have a chance to be a really good offense and hopefully we can go out and continue to improve that.”