Prior to Monday’s series opener vs the Kansas City Royals, the Yankees called up outfielder Jasson Domínguez. In his first game back, he went 1/4 with a stolen base and run scored in his first game in the Bronx in exactly 365 days. Before Monday’s matchup Domínguez. “This is a dream. Since I started playing, I wanted to play in the big leagues, and now I’m here again and it’s exciting and I’m happy.”
The move comes with the continued struggles from Alex Verdugo who has played left field all season for New York. Verdugo seemed to be ok with Domínguez being called up when he spoke to the media after their win Monday, “He’s going to come up here, he’s going to play, he’s going to help this team win. Whatever that means, that means, right? If I lose a little bit of playing time, I lose a little bit of playing time. At the end of the day, I want to win. Only thing that matters is getting to the playoffs and winning there” he said.
Despite this, on Monday Verdugo still started in left, Domínguez played center, and Judge at DH while Giancarlo Stanton got the day off. However, Verdugo was replaced in left by Domínguez in the Yankee’s loss on Tuesday. Manager Aaron Boone is still not set on an everyday lineup and has been moving things around all week
As I type this, The Yankees have released their lineup for today’s series finale. Domínguez getting the day off, likely resting him for a massive weekend series against the Red Sox. This would mean a third consecutive start for Jasson Domínguez. The first pitch is set for 7:05 p.m. EST available on MLBTV and YES Network.
