Forget Shohei Ohtani or Yoshinobu Yamamoto.

Anthony Volpe has a more under-the-radar free agent he’d like the Yankees to sign this offseason.

“I ran into Jason Heyward a couple of weeks ago and I said he’d look good without a beard on,” the freshly minted Gold Glover said at the MLB Flagship Store in Manhattan on Thursday as part of Rawlings’ 2023 Gold Glove celebration.

While Heyward may seems like an odd name, the veteran outfielder actually could make sense for the Bronx Bombers.

Yankees general manager Brian Cashman said Tuesday the team needs two outfielders and preferably lefty hitters.

Using Heyward as a starting outfielder may be too much, but he showed last year he still has something left in the tank.

The 34-year-old produced a 1.9 bWAR with the Dodgers after being released by the Cubs, slashing .269/.340/.473/.813 with a 117 OPS+ spanning 124 games.

His OPS and OPS+ were his highest marks since 2020.

Heyward can play all three outfield positions, and even manned first base for six games.

The question for teams pursuing the veteran is whether this past season marked a late-career revitalization or the Dodgers yet again finding a way to yield production from a declining player.

Heyward hit just .211 with a .606 OPS spanning the 2021-22 seasons with the Cubs.

If the Yankees believe last year showed Heyward isn’t done as a hitter yet, then he would potentially represent an upgrade from Jake Bauers and the other castoffs the Yankees tried.

What could work against Heyward is he primarily has played right field in his career, and Cashman specifically mentioned the team needs coverage in center field and left field.

Heyward has played 1,527 games in right field, compared to just 227 games in center and only seven in left field.

Considering Aaron Judge’s injury history, though, having an outfielder who could step into right field and be comfortable isn’t insignificant.