The Yankees are — at minimum — going to do for Gerrit Cole and Stephen Strasburg what they would not for their top free-agent starting target last year, Patrick Corbin: go on the road to meet face to face with the righty aces.

If you remember, Corbin came to Yankee Stadium to meet with Yankees officials last year and he instigated the get-together. The Yanks already had let his camp know that if he could get a six-year deal, they would not play in that arena, but they took the meeting anyway because, hey, why not, they never even had to leave home. And Corbin signed shortly thereafter with the Nationals for six years at $140 million.

Now, Brian Cashman was to lead a contingent of Yankees officials to California to meet Cole and Strasburg, which was first reported by Ken Rosenthal of The Athletic.

The Post has learned that Cashman, Aaron Boone and new pitching coach Matt Blake were among the group expected to meet Tuesday with Cole and his wife, Amy, whose brother is Giants shortstop Brandon Crawford. The plan was to get together with Strasburg on Wednesday. And this year the price tag did not scare the Yankees from taking to the road because they know Cole will receive the largest pitching contract ever, likely topping $250 million.

And flying to the West Coast twice in a few days also did not deter Cashman, who is returning east for his annual rappel down the side of a building Friday in Stamford, Conn., before heading to San Diego for next week’s Winter Meetings.

Scott Boras also is expected to pitch two other clients, Dallas Keuchel and Hyun-jin Ryu, while the Yankees group is out west. But the Yankees’ fixation is Cole, who is expected to top the annual average pitching record of Zack Greinke ($34.1 million, albeit worth less in actual value with deferrals) and David Price’s $217 million total.

The Yanks have been chasing Cole for more than a decade, since drafting him with the 28th overall pick in 2008, only to have the righty spurn them to go to UCLA. After the 2017 season, the Yanks tried to trade for Cole, but Pittsburgh liked Houston’s offer better.

Now, they are serious about trying to land Cole, but recognize that the Orange County native’s preference may be to stay on the West Coast at a time when both the Angels and Dodgers also are expected to be suitors. So the Yanks want to try to read what is important to Cole, too. After the 2008 season, CC Sabathia’s initial inclination was to head west as a free agent, but Cashman and the Yankees won him over with face-to-face meetings.

Now Cole is Sabathia. He is free and fits exactly what the Yankees crave — a no-doubt, in-his-prime ace who has proven he can pitch in the biggest games. Cole, who turned 29 in September, had a 1.72 ERA in five postseason October starts and then finished second in the AL Cy Young Award voting announced in November.

It is now December and the Yankees are big-game hunting to try to put an ace atop their rotation.