TORONTO — OK, let’s address the Urshela in the room.

Ever since Gio Urshela emerged as a Yankees hero at large in April, replacing the injured Miguel Andujar with a superior all-around game at third base, forward-thinking Yankees fans have written and wondered: What’s going to happen next year?

I punted. Let things play out through the season, I counseled. When Urshela managed only a .682 OPS in June, and the Yankees’ acquisition of Edwin Encarnacion in the middle of that month seemingly pushed DJ LeMahieu away from first base and toward more starts at the hot corner, it appeared the dilemma would resolve itself.

That didn’t happen. On the contrary, Urshela’s importance and value to the Yankees has only increased through the course of the season.

Hence the “Next year?” issue becomes more substantive. And here’s my early-August solution:

In no way should the Yankees uproot Urshela from the starting third-base job. If Andujar can recover from the right shoulder surgery that prematurely ended his season, let him rotate around the hot corner, first base, designated hitter and maybe even some outfield.

In Thursday night’s 12-6 thumping of the Blue Jays — the team that sold Urshela to the Yankees about a year ago — Urshela hit two homers and drove home four runs for the second straight night, giving him a 1.737 OPS for August. He rebounded from his June dip with a 1.041 OPS last month. And with both Encarnacion and Luke Voit on the injured list, LeMahieu’s services have been needed at first base more often, leaving third base free for Urshela.

Asked after Thursday night’s game about Urshela, who had a rare quiet night going 0-for-3 with a walk in the Yankees’ 8-2 loss to the Blue Jays Friday night, and his fellow no-name surger Mike Tauchman, Aaron Boone said: “Look, they’ve been impact players for us. They do it on both sides of the ball. It’s come in a lot of big situations. I don’t know how many more ways we can describe it. They’ve worked hard at getting better at their craft. They’ve done a good job of having a plan going into the game, and they’re going out and executing, and you can see it in the confidence that they’re displaying in their game at this level.”

The analytical metrics continue to not love Urshela’s defense at third. He took a -3.3 ultimate zone rating into Friday’s game, and Baseball Info Solutions assessed him with -3 defensive runs saved, both grading him slightly below average. Nevertheless, those measures greatly exceed the -16 UZR and -25 defensive runs saved that Andujar posted last year. And the outstanding 131 OPS+ that Andujar put up as a rookie falls short to the 145 OPS+ that Urshela brought to work on Friday.

This development could turn Andujar into trade bait this offseason as the Yankees try once again to improve their starting rotation. I’d try to avoid that, though. Only 24, Andujar still possesses a high upside. And he’ll be very reasonably priced, since he won’t be eligible for arbitration; neither will Urshela.

Imagine a 2020 Yankees roster featuring these position players:

Catcher: Austin Romine (if he returns) and Gary Sanchez.

Infield: Andujar, Didi Gregorius (like Romine, he can be a free agent), LeMahieu, Gleyber Torres, Urshela and Voit.

Outfield: Brett Gardner (also a free agent), Aaron Hicks, Aaron Judge, Giancarlo Stanton and Mike Tauchman (I’m gonna go out on a limb and assume Jacoby Ellsbury won’t be healthy).

You might notice this adds up to 13 and the Yankees prefer to go with 12 position players. What, you think all of these guys will actually stay healthy? If they do, then Andujar has minor league options remaining.

Use spring training to get Andujar acclimated to other positions. To get him at peace with the reality that he has been Wally Pipp-ed.

That wasn’t very difficult, right? There always exists a palatable solution to the dilemma of too much talent. Now, if only the Yankees could find themselves with the same problem on the pitching side …