Boone: No need for big moves

The Yankees were swept out of the playoffs by the Astros in the ALCS, but manager Aaron Boone does not believe their roster needs to be remade heading into next season.

In his first comments since the night the season ended — and since Hal Steinbrenner confirmed he will be coming back as manager — Boone said the Yankees are chasing the standard the Astros have set, but pushed back hard against the idea that major moves are needed to get there.

“No, no, no, no,” Boone said Thursday on ESPN New York’s “The Michael Kay Show,” sounding incredulous. “We gotta get better. No question. And part of that is you’re missing some really key pieces going into a key series.

“That said, when we went into the postseason, we still had a chance. We still could have won. We still could have got there. We didn’t. But I think it’s an overreaction to say, ‘We gotta [remake the team].’ We got too many good things going on within the organization, within our team. Certainly we’ve got to augment it and make the right moves going forward, make the right decisions moving forward. But we’re very much right now, as we head into the offseason, very much should be in the mix to be a championship contender next year.”

Due to injuries, the Yankees were without DJ LeMahieu, Andrew Benintendi, Scott Effross and Michael King, among others, during the postseason.

Heading into the offseason, the Yankees’ main focus will be trying to retain free agent Aaron Judge. But they also have question marks at shortstop, third base, first base, left field and in the bullpen. Boone said Isiah Kiner-Falefa “can be” the everyday shortstop, while also mentioning Oswald Peraza, Anthony Volpe and Oswaldo Cabrera, barring changes through trades or free agency.

He also said “as we sit here right now,” he expects Josh Donaldson, who will turn 37 in December, to be his starting third baseman and wants Anthony Rizzo (who has a player option) back at first base.