TORONTO — Aaron Boone is intelligent, personable, respectful, polite, hit the biggest home run in Yankees history and comes from a baseball family that seemingly dates back to Abner Doubleday.

All of that makes for nice stories, but can he manage the Yankees?

Starting Thursday afternoon inside Rogers Centre, we will begin to find out if the Yankees made a mistake in running Joe Girardi out of The Bronx after 10 seasons, 910 wins, one World Series title and a captivating run to Game 7 of the ALCS a year ago.

Or if turning to Boone, which definitely came from out of the box since he not only never managed at any level but has no coaching experience, was a brilliant move.

Luis Severino is Boone’s choice for the Opening Day start and the Blue Jays will go with lefty J.A. Happ.

Boone, who had never filled out a lineup card until late February in spring training, was chosen by general manager Brian Cashman — with approval by owner Hal Steinbrenner — from a field of six candidates.

It made no difference to Cashman and Steinbrenner that Boone was coming out of the broadcast booth because Boone’s interview went very well.

His understanding of analytics is a plus, and Boone’s interaction with players and coaches during spring training was on display for all to see. Boone’s ability to communicate with players was high on the Yankees’ brass list after some believed that to be a shortcoming of Girardi’s.

But can Boone manage?

Anybody who says they know Boone is going to be a smash hit is mistaken.

Anybody who says they know Boone is going to be a failure is mistaken.

Not only is Boone, 45, a neophyte manager, he is expected by many to lead the Yankees to the World Series for the first time since winning it in 2009 under Girardi.

Spring training is for the players to get ready for the season. There are decisions for a manager to make, but nothing comes close to the moves he has to make during a regular-season game, which moves much faster than it looks from the stands or on television.

Still, Boone said the six weeks of camp helped him prepare for the daunting task of leading the Yankees in his first manager’s gig.

“For me [spring training] was deepening my understanding not only for the organization but the guys in the room, really getting to know them and trying to get to see what makes each one tick,’’ Boone said before Wednesday’s workout at Rogers Centre. “Hopefully, it has prepared me. I feel the guys are ready. One of the things I struggled with was how to build guys up and keep guys rested. For the most part, guys are in a really good place and ready to go as we tee it up [Thursday].’’

Expectations already were on the rise after reaching Game 7 of the ALCS. Severino, Gary Sanchez, Didi Gregorius, Aaron Judge and Greg Bird were young. Those expectations escalated when Giancarlo Stanton was acquired from the Marlins and they didn’t drop when Bird, who was going to hit third between Judge and Stanton, required right ankle surgery and likely will miss the first two months of the season.

CC Sabathia has been in the big leagues since 2001 and said he believes Boone’s lack of managerial experience won’t be a shortcoming.

“He has been planning for this his whole life,’’ said Sabathia, an Indians teammate of Boone’s in 2005 and 2006. “We got a good team and it’s up to us to play well. It’s an exciting time.’’

The safe play was bringing Girardi back. Instead, the Yankees turned to Boone. Thursday is the start of 162 exams to see if the move was the right one.