The three anticipated extravaganzas of summer are now upon us.

Barbie and Oppenheimer opened last weekend, and Aaron Judge’s season is prepared to reopen this weekend.

The Yankees certainly need a blockbuster as well.

Judge completed a second day of rehab work at the Yankees’ minor league complex in Tampa on Wednesday and so far, so good as the reigning AL MVP attempts to return from a sprained right big toe. If no late snag arises — and this is a tricky injury unfamiliar to baseball players (particularly players Judge’s size) — the Yankee plan is to activate Judge on Friday to begin a series at Camden Yards against the first-place Orioles, two sources told The Post.

Judge wanted to return for the two-game Subway Series, but the Yankees wanted to be more cautious. But even with those extra simulated games, it is not standard for a player to miss as much time as Judge — a quarter of a season — and not go out on minor league rehab for a few games to see full-speed game action to work on timing and conditioning.

Does that speak to Judge’s edginess to return? The Yanks’ edginess about seeing their playoff hopes dimming? Both?

Everything will, of course, be said to lower expectations of Judge as a savior. But that is going to be the expectation. Because his record-setting presence pretty much single-handedly helped the Yankees hold on in the second half last year and win the AL East. And his absence since June has underscored just how many Yankee shortcomings he was camouflaging.

He signed a nine-year, $360 million pact in the offseason and by, of all things, not playing, demonstrated that he is probably underpaid. Baseball is not supposed to be like basketball where the removal of one star is so undermining. But Judge to the Yankees is Nikola Jokic to the Nuggets. The Yankees were 35-25 with Judge and 18-23 without him; their offense going further south than Alabama.

The removal of not just his bat, but his presence seemed to unnerve all those left behind, including veterans such as DJ LeMahieu, Anthony Rizzo and Giancarlo Stanton. The Yanks averaged 3.9 runs in their first 41 games with Judge on the IL this time while hitting .220 with a .671 OPS.

If Judge is able to return Friday, he will return to a club no longer in a playoff spot. When he went out, Judge was en route to having something that looked like his MVP season. The June 3 catch of a J.D. Martinez eighth-inning drive was spectacular and perhaps game-saving. But while it might have saved a game, it imperiled this season.

Not just because of what has happened in Judge’s absence. But what happens now with Judge. LeMahieu was never the same after a toe injury last season. And Judge has said he will play the rest of this season at some level of pain. How much will it disrupt the Yankees’ most important player? He is a 6-foot-7 behemoth who sits on his back right foot to swing.

So once Judge returns, the Yankees will be thrilled, and then quickly nervous. Can Judge play through the pain? Can he avoid re-injury? Can he be himself and, if so, how quickly? There is a ticking clock. The Yankees will try to further add to the offense before the trade deadline on Tuesday at 6 p.m. But no acquisition will have the impact as reclaiming Judge in full. Because it is clear now how much confidence and cover he gives others in the lineup.

But it does all feel fragile. Judge rushing back has overtones of 1996 when David Cone — not just an ace, but a huge clubhouse leader — missed four months after having an aneurysm removed near his armpit. He made the first of what was supposed to be two rehab starts. The Yankees were subsequently seeing what had been a huge division lead over the O’s dwindle. Cone implored George Steinbrenner and then GM Bob Watson to cancel the second rehab start.

Cone reasoned he only had so many bullets in his arm and why waste them in the minors, especially with the AL East in jeopardy. Cone came back on Labor Day and threw seven no-hit innings. He was instant magic, a key piece in helping the Yankees to their first championship in 18 years.

Like Cone, Judge seems to be skipping rehab steps at a crisis moment for the Yankees. Will he be magic like Cone and able to offer instant impact to help right a season and go for the Yanks’ first title in 14 years?

The Yankees concluded the Subway Series hopeful that they were going to get Judge back on Friday.

If so, we move to the new big question:

What version of Judge?