“Aaron did a good job,” Jeter remarked. “He’s working with what he has, and he stands up for his players. I know he faces a lot of criticism. … I’m not speaking from insider knowledge, but I suspect that Aaron isn’t the one orchestrating every move during the games.”

Cashman, after his post-mortem press conference on Thursday when he publicly backed Boone, called into WFAN’s “Evan and Tiki” to shoot down the idea that the front office is secretly pulling the strings.

The longtime general manager said the “boogeyman” of someone outside the manager making the moves — at least in The Bronx — is unfounded, even if it’s a popular narrative from critics, particularly those who bemoan analytics.

“It’s not true, clearly,” Cashman said. “And they don’t know, clearly they don’t know. I know that DJ said that, I don’t what he meant by it, he did say he doesn’t have inside knowledge when he said it. But he did say it, for whatever reason. And I think that’s the bugaboo that people get to throw out there when they got nothing else to throw.”

Cashman made clear that he doesn’t make the lineup or tell Boone who to pitch.

He did say there are conversations about “process and setups” to help make informed decisions but no specific directives in-game.

“It’s just a sad, sad throwaway comment for people to make that don’t really know,” Cashman said.