The Yankees introduced that outfielder Jasson Domínguez has been reinstated from the 60-day injured record and optioned to Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre. To open a 40-man roster spot, infielder Jon Berti was transferred to the 60-day injured record.
Domínguez, now 21, has lengthy been one of many higher-ranked prospects within the Yankee system. He arrived on the foremost league scene with a splash late final yr, hitting 4 house runs in his first eight contests as a September call-up. Sadly, he was then identified with a torn ulnar collateral ligament in his throwing elbow and needed to endure Tommy John surgical procedure.
That process usually has a lesser return timetable for place gamers versus pitchers, with the Yankees offering an estimate of 9 to 10 months when asserting the surgical procedure. He started this yr on the injured record and has started a rehab task in the course of Could, eight months after going below the knife.
Domínguez has been hitting effectively on his rehab, with a line of .368/.415/.658 in his 20 video games, however it he’ll have to remain in Triple-A resulting from a crowded outfield image within the Bronx. The Yanks have principally used an alignment of Aaron Decide, Juan Soto and Alex Verdugo on the grass this yr, with Giancarlo Stanton the common within the designated hitter slot and Trent Grisham offering depth from the bench.
All of these gamers are hitting effectively this yr apart from Grisham, however the Yanks don’t need their prized prospect to return as much as the large leagues simply to take a seat on the bench in a depth position. He’ll proceed getting common motion for the RailRiders after his lengthy layoff however will likely be a candidate to rejoin the foremost league membership if anybody in that outfield combine wants a stint on the injured record. Soto has been coping with some elbow irritation of late however returned after a short layoff.
From a service time perspective, it’s prone to have an effect on Domínguez’s future. He was in a position to get 31 days of service time throughout his call-up final yr and would have been in a position to get to 1.031 this yr if he have been on the injured record or with the large league membership all season lengthy. If he stays an non-obligatory task for quite a lot of weeks, he’ll fall in need of that one-year mark right here in 2024. If that involves move, the earliest he might qualify without cost company could be after 2030. If he’s referred to as up early sufficient to get to that one-year line, then free company after 2029 would nonetheless be a chance.
As for Berti, 34, he was acquired on the cusp of Opening Day because the Yankees have been on the lookout for some further infield assist whereas each DJ LeMahieu and Oswald Peraza have been injured. Sadly, Berti himself has been injured for a lot of the yr at this level. He missed the latter half of April resulting from a left groin pressure, returning in early Could. However a left calf pressure despatched him again to the IL on Could 25.
Berti was instructed that he might miss six to eight weeks, per Greg Joyce of the New York Submit on X, so the Yanks have determined to make use of his roster spot for this transfer. He now gained’t be eligible for activation till late July.
