Gleyber Torres won Survivor, The Bronx.

He was the lone positional member of the Yankees’ Opening Day lineup never to go on the injured list. Eight men out. And Torres. The Yankees literally had as many players retire (Troy Tulowitzki) from that March 28 lineup against the Orioles as make it the whole way. That does not even include Miguel Andujar and Greg Bird, who feel like they last played with Chuck Cary and Alvaro Espinoza.

Torres, of course, did more than survive. He thrived. DJ LeMahieu, who you might remember did not start the opener, and Torres were the most valuable Yankees. That was because they hit great. But it goes beyond that. On a team that had 39 IL stints involving an MLB-record 30 players, the most vital ability was their durability. That, and their versatility, enabled the Yankees to weather so many absences.

Both, of course, were in the postseason opening lineup. Fittingly, both starred.

Torres produced the biggest hit for the Yankees in an ALDS Game 1 that featured a barrage of homers, pitching changes and walks. He smashed a 103.5 mph bases-loaded rope that smashed off third baseman Miguel Sano’s backhand stab. The two-run double broke a 3-3 tie in the fifth and put the Yankees ahead for good in what became a 10-4 triumph over the Twins.

“I felt like once we got the lead there, we were going to win the game,” LeMahieu said.

Minnesota lost its record 14th straight postseason game and fell to 2-14 all-time in the playoffs against the Yanks. There was a familiarity to many of those games, with the Twins bullpen imploding. But the first half of this game was tight and tense, particularly for the Yankees as they dealt with this powerful version of the Twins.

Minnesota this year set the single-season home run record with 307, one more than the Yankees. And solo shots by Jorge Polanco and Nelson Cruz off James Paxton made it 2-0. The Yanks scored three runs in the third, the last two when Twins first baseman C.J. Cron dropped what should have been the completion of an inning-ending double play ball hit by Torres with the bases loaded.

Torres was thinking about that when he batted in the fifth, the score 3-3 — once more with the bases loaded. He fell behind 0-2 against Tyler Duffey, who had struck out 42.2 percent of righties this year and whiffed three batters in this frame. Here, Torres counseled himself, “Relax, don’t feel pressure.”

He worked the count to full and with an emergency, three-quarter swing, dribbled a foul ball to stay alive. Torres said he wanted to get to a fastball. He did on pitch seven and smoked it to give the Yanks a 5-3 lead.

“It was a huge at-bat, obviously, in that game,” Aaron Boone said. “We’re kind of looking for that kind of hit. We created some pretty good traffic to that point, and that hit, I think, really, really got us rolling from there.”

LeMahieu was most responsible for the rolling from there. Like Brett Gardner, he homered in the sixth. In the seventh, he came up with the bases loaded and two outs. His time. LeMahieu hit .346 this year with two outs. He was 10-for-15 with the bases loaded. That is a .667 average if you don’t have your calculator. His bases-clearing double removed any lingering doubt about who would win a Game 1 that had 13 pitchers throw 362 pitches, issue 14 walks and allow five homers in a contest that lasted 4 hours, 15 minutes despite not having a bottom of the ninth.

All was not perfect for the Yankees. The bottom three in the order — Gary Sanchez, Didi Gregorius and Gio Urshela — were a combined 0-for-10, with Gregorius looking as hapless as late in the season. Adam Ottavino faced one hitter, Cruz, and walked him after getting ahead 0-2. Tommy Kahnle allowed a homer to Sano.

But Aaron Judge had an all-around brilliant game, Giancarlo Stanton drew three walks, Chad Green continued to look dominant. And, of course, as they had all year, Torres and LeMahieu were the spine of this team to help them persevere.

Amid the injury epidemic, they soldiered on, maneuvering around the infield positions and providing consistent offense. Their attendance was invaluable. It was again on the first day of the Yankees’ playoff season. As they had all season, Gleyber Torres and DJ LeMahieu showed up.