What a difference a year makes.

For the Yankees, they can look back on last Oct. 18, a year ago Wednesday, as the day they clinched their win over Cleveland in the ALDS with a victory at the Stadium, thanks in part to Harrison Bader’s sudden power surge.

Since then, the Yankees promptly got swept by the Astros in the ALCS. They signed Aaron Judge to the biggest deal in franchise history, only to see him waylaid by an injury in June.

They also inked Carlos Rodon to a six-year, $162 million deal that has become infamous with the lefty’s disastrous 2023, and signed Tommy Kahnle, a disappointment in his first season back with the team.