Aaron Boone isn’t giving up on Josh Donaldson just yet.

And the Yankees’ manager is confident he knows how to get the polarizing third baseman back on track.

Donaldson was benched for the third straight game during the team’s 5-3 win over the Rangers on Sunday afternoon as he struggles through brutal hitting woes.

Boone revealed prior to the game that he’s giving Donaldson a break of sorts to reset his approach at the plate, a decision he said he wrestled with.

“I just want to get him going because I know he can be a key figure for us,” Boone said. “Just trying to do our part and unlocking that as best we can.”

Boone was over 30 minutes late to his pregame press conference, claiming that he was having “a long conversation” with Donaldson.

In the clubhouse prior to Boone’s comments, Donaldson answered “no, I don’t,” when asked if he had a few minutes to speak, and then walked toward Boone’s office, seemingly for the conversation.

Donaldson downplayed the conversation as “ball talk” after the game and said that he and Boone speak like that all the time.

After the lengthy discussion, Boone said that he and Donaldson are “in a good place” and on the same page going forward, although Donaldson pushed back when asked if they were ever not on the same page or if he was upset over the benching.

“I don’t think it was as serious as you guys are making it out to be,” Donaldson said. “We were having a conversation that happened to go over [time] …

“Obviously I want to play, but that’s not why we were talking. At the end of the day, happy the team won. However I can help this team win ballgames, or contribute in any way possible, that’s what I’m here for.”

Donaldson is slashing a woeful .125/.197/.406 with a .603 OPS, with six homers and eight RBIs this season.

It’s reached a boiling point since he returned from the injured list this month, as Donaldson has just one hit in his last 29 at-bats and has started to hear consistent boos from Yankees fans.

But Boone is steadfast in his belief that Donaldson still has a critical role on the team, and expects him to “play a lot” and return to being an everyday player for the Yankees after the break is over.

Boone assured that there is still “a ton in there for him offensively,” and that there already have been signs it won’t take much for Donaldson to turn a corner.

“I know obviously, the batting average since he’s come back has not been great,” Boone said. “But scratch the surface, the underlying [numbers show] he’s hitting the ball hard.”