Yankees outfielder Jasson Domínguez goes to overlook lots time with an indirect pressure. SNY relayed video on X of supervisor Aaron Boone discussing the problem, with the skipper saying Domínguez will miss “as much as eight weeks” earlier than he can play in video games as a result of the pressure is “fairly vital.”
It’s yet one more unlucky setback for Domínguez, who arrived within the large leagues with such aptitude final yr. With the Yankees enjoying out a misplaced season in 2023, the prospect was introduced up as a September call-up, then went on to hit 4 residence runs in his first eight video games.
Sadly, he then required Tommy John surgical procedure, which ended that thrilling debut and put him on monitor for a difficult 2024. He started the season on the injured checklist whereas rehabbing from that surgical procedure and was solely reinstated final week. For the reason that Yankees have a strong large league outfield consisting of Juan Soto, Aaron Decide and Alex Verdugo, with Giancarlo Stanton within the designated hitter slot and Trent Grisham on the bench, Domínguez was optioned to get common at-bats in Triple-A.
However this previous weekend, only a few days after being reinstated from the IL, he was positioned on the minor league IL with some facet tightness. Now it appears he’s slated for one more prolonged damage layoff, with the eight-week timeline set to take him into the center of August.
It’s a tough blow for the Yankees on quite a few fronts. Within the quick time period, the massive league outfield is in fine condition, as talked about. But when any of their main league outfielders ought to undergo an damage, it will go away their outfield depth skinny. Everson Pereira, one other of the membership’s outfield prospects, not too long ago underwent UCL surgical procedure and is out for the yr. With Domínguez now out as nicely, the Yankees don’t have an outfielder on the 40-man roster who might be recalled to cowl for another person’s absence.
In the long term, it’s clearly lower than ideally suited for a prime prospect to lose virtually a complete season of improvement like this. Each Verdugo and Soto are slated without cost company after this season whereas Grisham will likely be a non-tender candidate, giving the membership little certainty within the outfield going ahead aside from Decide. They clearly hope to re-sign Soto however that’s no assure and so they might want to exchange Verdugo and sure Grisham even when they will lure Soto again.
Ideally, Domínguez could be getting common enjoying time and convincing the Yankees that he will be part of their 2025 membership, however that should be on pause for now. He ought to nonetheless have just a few weeks of enjoying time on the finish of the season if issues progress as deliberate from right here, nevertheless it’s extra of the ready sport for Domínguez now.
