The Yankees are calling Jasson Dominguez back up to the big leagues, according to reporter Francys Romero. The move will be made official prior to tomorrow’s game with the Rangers.
Dominguez is already on the 40-man roster, and New York already has an opening on its 26-man roster since Luis Gil was optioned to Triple-A after his start today. Calling up Dominguez in Gil’s place, however, would leave the Bronx Bombers with only 12 pitchers on their active roster, so it seems more likely that another pitcher will be summoned tomorrow as a fresh arm for the bullpen.
To balance out the position-player side, it may be that Dominguez’s return is related to the calf injury that has sidelined Giancarlo Stanton for the last two games. Stanton left Friday’s game due to tightness in his right calf, and given the slugger’s long history of leg injuries, the Yankees could place Stanton on the 10-day injured list in at least a precautionary move.
All 23 of Stanton’s appearances this season have been as a designated hitter, so if Stanton is indeed heading to the IL, the Yankees now have the flexibility to rotate multiple players through the DH spot. Dominguez might well take some of those at-bats himself, or he could play in the outfield while any of Aaron Judge, Cody Bellinger, or Trent Grisham are given a partial rest day.
Dominguez burst into the majors with four homers and a .258/.303/.677 slash line over 33 plate appearances when he debuted near the end of the 2023 season. It seemed like “the Martian” was on his way to living up the hype associated with his status as one of baseball’s top prospects, but he underwent a Tommy John surgery just eight games into his big league tenure. The TJ rehab and an oblique strain limited him to 58 minor league games and 18 MLB games in 2024, and Dominguez then hit .257/.331/.388 with 10 home runs over 429 PA for New York in 2025.
It was a decent but unspectacular first full season for Dominguez, as his offensive numbers translated to a 103 wRC+. He struck out 115 times in his 429 PA, however, and made plenty of hard contact but had trouble consistently keeping the ball in the air. Dominguez’s biggest struggles came on defense, as he had -7 Defensive Runs Saved and -9 Outs Above Average over his 793 innings in left field.
Dominguez has reduced his strikeout rate to 15.2% over 99 Triple-A plate appearances this year, while hitting .306/.404/.471 with three homers for Scranton/Wilkes-Barre. Still, Dominguez doesn’t have anything left to prove in the minors at this point, as the question is now whether or not he can be a productive big leaguer.
It certainly isn’t too late for Dominguez given that he is still only 23 years old, but the crowded state of the Yankees’ outfield and Stanton’s presence as the regular DH left the Martian without a 26-man roster spot on Opening Day. The fact that New York re-signed Bellinger last winter was another sign that the club still had reservations about giving Dominguez more regular playing time in 2026.
Here we go! 🤣
It’s really about dang time!!! 😂
He hit RH’d pitching well last year and has shown improvement against lefties in AAA. He can definitely help, particularly from the DH spot.
To add on to your comment, it would be silly to never have a 23 year old top prospect face a lefty ever again lol I’d say give him LHPs, let him work through it. But knowing Boone, Jasson could hit a HR off a left handed RP and then sit the next 2 days because theres a LHP starting
Dominguez really needs to come up here and play everyday, and be put in the outfield, and not be DHing all the time. Boone always has the kid gloves on with the younger players. We gotta see if Jasson can play in NY regularly. If he can’t, then he’s got to be moved somewhere else.
Unfortunately it’s not just a Boone thing, all teams do that
JD should be playing everyday at the Major league level. He has nothing left to prove in the minors. IMO, Grisham will become the 4th OF/late inning defensive replacement sometime after the ASB. Last year was an extreme outlier in terms of overall production for Grish, and I honestly didn’t think the FO thought he was going to actually accept the QO. That being said, this is the type of hitter he has been his entire career. A borderline .200 hitter with ok OBP and a lot of swing and miss, but will run into 15 or so HR a year. And unfortunately, his defensive ratings have been on the decline over the last year + now. As much as I like Grisham, id much rather see JD getting the everyday playing time. He brings more to the table offensively and on the bases with his speed.
…hang on tight it might get weird! 🤣
Jasson secretly thanks Luis Gil for stinking it up yesterday and Giancarlo Stanton for yet another injury! Now show ’em kid!
Spencer Jones is now bending and twisting body parts on his custom made Yankee outfielder voodoo dolls and bobble-heads.
To play DH? Yes this I like
I’d assume he’s going to DH. No need to shake up the outfield defense I think.
It would be a shame to label a 23 year old w his tools n athleticism as a DH only
Oh how the martian has fallen
Trent Grisham as DH or just let the pitcher hit.
Trent Grisham sitting on the bench counting his 22 million knowing he will never even sniff that much on his next contact
for anyone thinking “how bad can a speedy 23 year-old be in left field?” the answer is really bad. love the guy but he’s almost unplayable
He’s definitely more than playable at DH, he’s a clear plus offensive player between his acumen VS rhp, speed/base stealing
i love his offense. hope he earns a leadoff spot
Just tell the kid he ain’t a switch hitter anymore. Couldn’t be any worse lefty/lefty.
lol. I find his whole story very funny. From the hype to the defense. This kids an aLiEn whooooa now AAAA Jasssson
Still very surprised he took the QO(and I think the FO was as well) I know the $22+million he’s making this year is almost double what he’s made his entire career, I thought he would have at least received a 2-3 year deal from another team in free agency. Bc there was ZERO chance he was going to have another year even close to what he did last season. His season last year reminded me a lot of the year Matt Carpenter had for the Yankees a few years ago. He parlayed that into another 3 years and almost $15 million from SD and Tex.