“He’s gonna get one, maybe more.”

— Aaron Boone on Gerrit Cole and the Cy Young Award

This was the Yankees manager in the immediate aftermath of Cole’s two-hit, 10-strikeout shutout of the Twins on Sunday. I get it. There is the euphoria of the moment, that elevated feeling of seeing an elite player at the peak of his craft. Add to it that perhaps Boone’s greatest asset as a manager is his public support of his players whether they are at their lowest lows or highest highs.

Do that math, include how great Cole has looked four starts into this season and you get where Boone was coming from on Cole. It isn’t like he was going to say, “Gerrit has been great, but have you guys seen Luis Castillo this season?”