New York Yankees Managing General Partner and Co-Chairperson Hal Steinbrenner spoke with media members on a video call Thursday to discuss the state of the team and the organization's outlook on the rest of the 2021 season.

When asked what frustrates him the most about the team's body of work this season, Steinbrenner responded, "The inconsistency, particularly of the offense and the base path performance. The offense, it's perplexing, it really is."

"It’s absolutely aggravating, maddening, you choose the word," Steinbrenner later added. "It has been tough to watch, and the players know that. They’re better than this. This is not the product we expect, and it’s not the type of play they expect themselves."

Steinbrenner echoed Senior Vice President and General Manager Brian Cashman's previous vote of confidence in the team's coaching staff, saying, "Nobody’s working harder than the coaches. The players, the most important thing to me always, in any given year, is that the players respect the coaches and believe in the coaches. That’s absolutely the case here."

Steinbrenner also remains confident in manager Aaron Boone despite the ups and downs 2021 has presented.

"Am I mad at what I see? Absolutely. I’m aggravated, frustrated, angry. But that’s not going to push me into a knee-jerk reaction to get rid of somebody that I believe the players respect, want to play for, want to win for, and overall has done a good job keeping that clubhouse together through this difficult three months," said Steinbrenner.

Regarding Cashman's tenure as general manager, Steinbrenner said, "Brian and I have been doing this a lot of years together. He’s extremely intelligent... We communicate very well, there’s not much that happens without him running it by me first. He knows that’s the way I want it. I think he’s done a good job. This team that we put together, leaving Spring Training, was a very, very good team. They just haven’t played up to their potential that I believe they still have."

Should Yankees fans expect to see any major changes to the roster or coaching staff during the course of this season?

"I’m not afraid to make changes, as we saw with the manager a few years ago," answered Steinbrenner. "But the changes have to be made for more than just the sake of making changes. I’m going to be looking at everybody’s performance at the end of the year, throughout the organization, baseball operations or not. That’s what I do every year, and it’s not something I tend to do in the middle of the year."

With the upcoming trade deadline set for July 30, Steinbrenner doesn't envision a scenario where the Yankees would become 'sellers' at the deadline.

"That's not a direction I'm contemplating right now or even thinking about. We faced a situation four or five years ago where we just weren't hitting, didn't have the offense, didn't seem like we could get what we needed to get us over the top. The difference is we had aging players, players that were kind of at the end of their career so we made some trades and we got rid of some guys, but I just don't see this as that situation," said Steinbrenner. "These players are in their prime. They've been incredible in very recent years, and there's no reason why they can't be incredible again."

When it comes to the luxury tax and the possibility of surpassing the $210 million threshold, Steinbrenner explained that "any given year, there’s a number of reasons it makes sense to be under that threshold. If I feel we’re not good enough and we need another piece to be the championship-caliber team we want to be and expect to be, then I’m going to seriously consider doing whatever I need to do."

Philosophically speaking, analytics have remained an important piece of the puzzle for the Yankees front office, and Steinbrenner emphasized the importance of striking the right balance between the scientific side of things as well as traditional scouting methods.

"I am a big fan of the performance science," said Steinbrenner, "but we still have a good balance. Cashman understands that's where I want to be. I want to hear from the Tim Naehrings [VP, Baseball Operations] and the Jim Hendrys [Special Assignment Scout], and the pro scouts. Pro scouting is still very much a big part of every decision we make, and it's all about balance in life. That's the way I've always been and that's the way I always will be."

When asked which members of the organization take responsibility for the team's underperformance this season, Steinbrenner responded saying, "Myself, Cashman, Boone, the coaches, we’re responsible. We’re in charge, so at some level we’re responsible for what’s going on. But make no mistake about it, in my opinion, the majority of the responsibility – whether it's the responsibility of the inconsistent offense or bad base running, et cetera – that responsibility lies with the players... They need to fix the problem because everyone, including our fanbase, rightfully so, has had enough."

The Yankees' next task following Thursday's postponement will be against the crosstown rival New York Mets, who are set to visit Yankee Stadium for a three-game set beginning Friday, July 2.