The last player to make a run at what many believe is the legitimate home run record sits near Aaron Judge in the Yankees clubhouse.

In 2017, Giancarlo Stanton put together an MVP season in Miami, finishing with 59 homers, leaving him one shy of Babe Ruth and two behind Roger Maris’ standard of 61, set in 1961.

“I definitely would have liked to round it out,’’ Stanton said. “But the goal is to help the team win, and I did that.”

Now he’s got a front-row seat to what Gerrit Cole called “the Aaron Judge show,” and Stanton knows better than anyone what’s in store for Judge as he gets closer to Maris’ mark.