Aaron Boone chooses Yankees' Game 1 starter for postseason

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The New York Yankees will have Gerrit Cole start Game 1 of whatever postseason series they kick off in October.

Cole probably is the most talented starting pitcher on the Yankees. He leads the majors in strikeouts and leads the Yankees in strikeouts per nine innings. In his last four years, he's been a top-finish Cy Young Award finisher four times and top-two twice, undoubtedly leaving him as the Yanks' ace entering the year.

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Gerrit Cole #45 of the New York Yankees pitches in the third inning during the game between the Toronto Blue Jays and the New York Yankees at Yankee Stadium on Saturday, Aug. 20, 2022 in New York, New York.  (Rob Tringali/MLB Photos via Getty Images)

But this year, he leads the American League with 29 home runs allowed, and it seems like every start is either a gem or a dud with hardly any in-between.

Cole's ERA is 3.41, while Nestor Cortes is pitching to a 2.70, but the Yankees are confident in the righty, whose nine-year, $324 million contract is the longest and largest for a pitcher in baseball history.

"Yeah, Cole would be. And we feel great about Nestor obviously too. And hopefully [Luis Severino] getting back here and getting a few starts under his belt here at the back end, put him in that mix too," Boone told the Post's "The Show." We’ve got a couple weeks to go there and we’ve got to see how we get there and how we get in. Those things always affect how you line things up. But hopefully we’re in a position to line it up how we want."

New York Yankees starting pitcher Gerrit Cole (45) waits for a replay result against the Toronto Blue Jays during the fifth