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 project — 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 project 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 Choose, Juan Soto and Alex Verdugo comprise most likely the most effective outfield in baseball, Giancarlo Stanton is DH’ing and Trent Grisham is a strong defender as fourth outfielder.
The Yankees don’t need to change Grisham with Dominguez and have a high prospect solely enjoying sparingly.
Which suggests “The Martian” will proceed to attempt to show himself on the minor league degree.
In 20 video games cut up between Excessive-A Tampa, Double-A Somerset and SWB, Dominguez entered play Wednesday hitting .368 with six dwelling runs and a 1.073 OPS.
“Preserve doing all of your factor,” supervisor Aaron Boone mentioned of the message to Dominguez. “We love the individual and the participant. We all know he’s going to be a giant a part of this. But in addition perceive, too, that he’s additionally very, very younger in his profession. There’s nonetheless so much to be gained and discovered. Day by day you get expertise dealing with pitching and enjoying video games.”
The Yankees’ No. 1 prospect, in keeping with MLB Pipeline, debuted final September, hit instantly in eight video games (.980 OPS) however then required Tommy John surgical procedure.
“He’s obtained an incredible head on his shoulders,” Boone mentioned 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 sport.”
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 mentioned “we’ll see” whether or not his third rehab outing could be his remaining one.
The Yankees transferred infielder Jon Berti (left calf pressure) to the 60-day injured record.
Boone mentioned it might be “a couple of extra weeks” earlier than he hoped Berti might start ramping up baseball actions.
Friday’s Yankees-Pink Sox sport in Boston has been moved from 7:10 p.m. to six:30 p.m. as a courtesy to Boston followers: Sport 4 of the NBA Finals between the Celtics and Mavericks is scheduled to start out at 8:30 p.m.
Gleyber Torres (1-for-4 with a stroll and a three-run dwelling run) prolonged his season-high on-base streak to 19 video games since Might 23, which marks the third-longest streak of his profession.
