The post-Juan Soto Yankees’ rebuild took another major step Tuesday when they acquired former MVP Cody Bellinger from the Cubs, The Post confirmed.

The long-awaited trade gives the Yankees potential replacements in the outfield and infield. Bellinger can play center — allowing the Yankees to move Aaron Judge back to right if they wish — and he can play first base, where there is a vacancy following the departure of Anthony Rizzo.

Bellinger, 29, has two years and $52.5 million remaining on his contract, which includes a $25 million player option for 2026 that can be bought out for $5 million.

In exchange for Bellinger and $5 million in compensation, the Yankees sent right-hander Cody Poteet to Chicago.

The move came after Soto, the Yankees’ No. 1 pick in the offseason, spurned them and signed a 15-year, $765 million contract with the Mets.

The Yankees finally got Bellinger, the 2019 NL MVP from the Dodgers, after the Cubs signed Kyle Tucker — another Yankee target — from Houston in a deal last week.

Bellinger’s father, Clay, played parts of three seasons for the Yankees, including the 1999 and 2000 World Series title teams.

Since the Soto loss, the Yankees have signed Max Fried as a free agent to an eight-year, $218 million contract, traded with Milwaukee for closer Devin Williams and have now signed Bellinger, whose defensive versatility allows them to add either another outfielder or the attacking first baseman.

The Yankees have shown interest in free-agent options at first base, including Pete Alonso, Christian Walker and Carlos Santana, while Josh Bell and Paul Goldschmidt also remain available.

Given the plethora of first basemen available – a list that also includes potential trade targets like Cleveland’s Josh Naylor, Texas’ Nathaniel Lowe and Tampa Bay’s Yandy Diaz – it seems more likely that Bellinger plays center.

If Bellinger ends up in the outfield, Judge could move back to right, but even with Bellinger’s power from the left side, there’s no way he and Judge can repeat the one-time 1-2 punch that Judge and Soto did last season.

In acquiring Bellinger, the Yankees are betting that he returns to his 2023 performance, when he posted an .881 OPS and a 139 OPS-plus with the Cubs, his best marks since the ’19 MVP season.

His numbers dipped last year as part of an up-and-down career that began with a 39-homer Rookie of the Year campaign in 2017.

Bellinger underwent shoulder surgery after the 2020 season and struggled through a terrible 2021 and an ugly ’22 before being non-tendered by the Dodgers and signing with the Cubs.

Now he will join a Yankee team that rode to the AL East title and their first World Series appearance since 2009 with a lineup led by Judge and Soto.

When Soto moved to Queens, it was clear that the Yankees would look very different going forward, especially after the departures of Rizzo, Gleyber Torres and Alex Verdugo.

As GM Brian Cashman noted last week, the Yankees had yet to sign a position player.

That changed on Tuesday, but second base still needs to be addressed — unless Jazz Chisholm Jr. moves to the right side of the infield, which frees up third base — and Jasson Dominguez figures to get his first chance at one Everyday job getting the outfield after a disappointing 2023 season following Tommy John surgery.

“The work isn’t done here,” Cashman said last week. “We have to move forward and find a way to put the best possible team on paper. Now is the time to strike in the winter with the inventory we have via trade or free agency. At some point this inventory will become significantly smaller. … We want to take advantage of this opportunity.”

—Additional reporting by Jon Heyman and Joel Sherman