Ian Happ homered in his first major league game Saturday and Bradley Zimmer did so in his second game four days later. Happ for the Cubs, Zimmer for the Indians.

Both could have done it for the Yankees.

One subplot to follow over the next few seasons will be whether the Yankees obtained the right prospects last season when they dealt Aroldis Chapman and Andrew Miller. Happ and Zimmer were major considerations and have beaten Gleyber Torres and Clint Frazier to the majors.

But this isn’t a race. This is about long-term excellence and it is too early for anything close to final determinations. And Yankees officials have no regrets about which way they turned in the biggest selloff in the era of Steinbrenner ownership.

The Yanks swarmed about five organizations with scouts during last season in anticipation of moving their relief stars, and felt the Cubs distinguished themselves for Chapman and the Indians for Miller.

Because Chapman was just a few months from free agency, it was understood quickly between the clubs that Chicago would have to sacrifice just one elite prospect in a package. The Yankees did not like the pitching in the Cubs system and the sides agreed the Yanks would get one of three bats they were fixated on: Torres, Happ or outfielder Eloy Jimenez.

The Yankees loved Jimenez’s power potential — there was Nelson Cruz in there. But he was the furthest away and the fear was he also had the lowest floor in case the homer might did not fully translate in the majors.

Their problem with Happ was similar to Dustin Ackley and Rob Refsndyer — even if you believed his bat projected at a high level, there was concern he would be a below-average defender anywhere. The Yankees did not believe he could regularly handle third or second, and felt his lefty swing was far superior to the right side.

Their evaluation was that Torres checked all the boxes. They thought he would be a high-level hitter who could handle short, second or third with a major league arrival date possible as soon as 2017. Torres was removed from a Double-A game Wednesday because he did not run out a ball he thought was going foul that landed fair, but the Yankees have been thrilled with his makeup and skills. He was the Arizona Fall League MVP and has an .854 OPS at age 20 in Double-A. He hit his fourth homer Thursday.

In his first four games with the Cubs, Happ had played exclusively in the outfield, going 4-for-13 with two homers and a double. What looked initially like a short-term stay might turn longer as the struggling defending champs look for solutions.

Miller was signed through 2018, so the Yankees expected two elite prospects to top the trade for the lefty. They settled pretty quickly on lefty Justus Sheffield as one of those. The other came down to Frazier vs. Zimmer.

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In the Yanks’ estimation, the lefty-swinging Zimmer had greater power potential, but also more holes in his swing and they were not sure he would be a full-time center fielder. Frazier was two years younger and the Yanks loved his bat speed (feeling that would provide fewer holes ultimately than Zimmer), his ability to play center and his energy. The Yankees downplay perceptions that his personality can be grating.

Zimmer was 2-for-7 with a homer and double in his first two games with Cleveland and there is an opportunity for him to stick as the full-time center fielder. After a poor start (.196 batting average, one homer, .660 OPS in 13 Triple-A games), the righty-swinging Frazier hit .293 in his next 23 games with five homers and a .930 OPS. On Thursday, he went 3-for-6 with a team-leading sixth homer and two doubles, including a run-scoring walk-off in the 11th inning that gave Frazier an International League-leading 13 two-baggers.

The debate will not end here.