Brian Cashman has said he’d prefer to get Aaron Judge’s deal done sooner rather than later because whatever Judge costs — and that’s if he stays — it’s going to be the Yankees’ largest expenditure of the offseason.

Even if Judge does re-sign, as the Yankees found out again this postseason, he can’t get them to the World Series by himself.

With that in mind at the trade deadline, the Yankees targeted Andrew Benintendi as someone who would be well-suited to help them in the playoffs — especially against the Astros.

Why?