ARLINGTON, Texas — The Yankees are opening the door for their closer role, even while Aaron Boone still would not shut it on Clay Holmes.

A day after Holmes’ league-leading 11th blown save of the season, Boone said the Yankees would get “creative” with how they close out games moving forward, likely giving different relievers save opportunities based on matchups.

That could include Jake Cousins, Luke Weaver and Tommy Kahnle — in addition to Holmes on a given night — and potentially (eventually) a starter like Luis Gil with the Yankees facing a rotation crunch.

“In the short term, just try to put these guys in the best position to be successful,” Boone said Wednesday at Globe Life Field before the series finale against the Rangers. “How that shakes out may vary a little bit every night, but in the short term, that’s the way we’ll go.

“Want to support Clay through this. … The reality is he’s really not that far off from being the dominant guy we know he can be. But in the short term, we’ll certainly be a little creative down there.”

Asked if someone like Gil or Clarke Schmidt could factor into the late innings down the road, Boone said, “Never say never.”

Gil has the shutdown stuff that would likely play well in the closer role — though the Yankees believe that if he is right, he could also be one of their best starters, and it remains to be seen how often he would be available to pitch in relief after throwing on a five-day routine for almost all of his career.

In the meantime, Boone met with Holmes in his office on Wednesday afternoon to check in with him and inform him of his plans to open things up creatively.

The two-time All-Star responded by telling Boone he would pitch whenever and do whatever it takes to win.

“At this point in the season, where the race is and playoffs, it’s about winning,” Holmes said. “I think everybody’s on that same page. Whatever it takes for us to go out and win. Roles and definitions at this point, they are what they are. It’s just a role. We all know what we can do and it’s going to take all of us to do it. At the end of the day, we gotta win and that’s what we’re here for.”

While a handful of Holmes’ blown saves this year can be attributed to tough luck — as is the nature of a ground ball pitcher — Tuesday was different in that he completely lost his command.

He entered to protect a 4-3 lead and after allowing a one-out single, walked back-to-back hitters before hanging a slider that Wyatt Langford crushed for a walk-off grand slam.

“Obviously he’s had some tough-luck blown saves,” pitching coach Matt Blake said. “Some people will say a blown save’s a blown save, but I feel like the quality of his pitches have been sharp [until Tuesday].

“Down the stretch, every game really matters so just want to make sure we’re getting the best matchups we can.”

The reality is that if the team had a clear-cut solution to replace Holmes — after only adding a pair of supplementary relievers at the trade deadline — it likely would have gone to it already.

And among the three main candidates to get save opportunities moving forward — Kahnle, Cousins and Weaver — there is not much prior closing experience, which is part of the reason why the Yankees had continued to stick with Holmes to this point.

Boone and Blake both cited the amount of “noise” around the closer position right now as a factor in why this was the right time to change their approach with the role.

But both indicated that Holmes will have a chance to pitch his way back into the ninth inning down the stretch, with 22 games left in the regular season after Wednesday.

Cousins may have the most closer-like stuff of the group with his wipeout slider, but only had one career save entering Wednesday.

Kahnle had seven saves in his career and can also get left-handed hitters out, though leaning heavily on his changeup could be dicey in the ninth inning when more overpowering pitches typically succeed.

And Weaver is a former starter who has never saved a game but has pitched well in high-leverage opportunities this season.

“I trust a lot of guys,” Boone said. “We’ll just try to put out fires as best we can at the back end.”