KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The inevitable turned official Wednesday: Jasson Dominguez’s rehab clock is over, and the Yankees have chosen to maintain the younger outfielder within the minors.
Dominguez spent the utmost period of time on a rehab task — 20 days, plus a 10-day extension — and tore up minor league pitching that he’ll proceed to see.
The Yankees formally returned Dominguez from the rehab task and optioned him to Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre.
There may be nowhere for the 21-year-old to play on the main league degree.
Aaron Decide, Juan Soto and Alex Verdugo comprise in all probability the perfect outfield in baseball, Giancarlo Stanton is DH’ing and Trent Grisham is a strong defender as fourth outfielder.
The Yankees don’t wish to substitute Grisham with Dominguez and have a prime prospect solely enjoying sparingly.
Which implies “The Martian” will proceed to attempt to show himself on the minor league degree.
In 20 video games break up between Excessive-A Tampa, Double-A Somerset and SWB, Dominguez entered play Wednesday hitting .368 with six residence runs and a 1.073 OPS.
“Maintain doing all your factor,” supervisor Aaron Boone stated of the message to Dominguez. “We love the individual and the participant. We all know he’s going to be an enormous a part of this. But in addition perceive, too, that he’s additionally very, very younger in his profession. There’s nonetheless rather a lot to be gained and realized. Daily you get expertise dealing with pitching and enjoying video games.”
The Yankees’ No. 1 prospect, in response to MLB Pipeline, debuted final September, hit instantly in eight video games (.980 OPS) however then required Tommy John surgical procedure.
“He’s acquired an important head on his shoulders,” Boone stated earlier than an 11-5 win over the Royals at Kauffman Stadium. “I really feel like he is aware of he’s destined for nice issues on this recreation.”
Gerrit Cole will make his third minor league begin Friday, this time with SWB. In his final begin, the reigning AL Cy Younger Award winner lasted 57 pitches in 4 ²/₃ innings.
Boone stated “we’ll see” whether or not his third rehab outing can be his last one.
The Yankees transferred infielder Jon Berti (left calf pressure) to the 60-day injured checklist.
Boone stated it will be “just a few extra weeks” earlier than he hoped Berti may start ramping up baseball actions.
Friday’s Yankees-Purple Sox recreation in Boston has been moved from 7:10 p.m. to six:30 p.m. as a courtesy to Boston followers: Recreation 4 of the NBA Finals between the Celtics and Mavericks is scheduled to begin at 8:30 p.m.
Gleyber Torres (1-for-4 with a stroll and a three-run residence run) prolonged his season-high on-base streak to 19 video games since Might 23, which marks the third-longest streak of his profession.
