Domínguez, the Yankees’ high prospect and the No. 30 prospect in baseball in line with MLB Pipeline, will miss about eight weeks with a big left indirect pressure, Yankees supervisor Aaron Boone introduced on Thursday.
“It’s a fairly important pressure,” Boone stated. “So it’s in all probability as much as eight weeks earlier than he performs in [a game].”
The 21-year-old Domínguez went on the injured record after feeling a tweak close to his left indirect on a checked swing whereas taking part in for Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre on Saturday. For the season, Domínguez is slashing .356/.404/.609 with six homers and 13 RBIs in 23 video games throughout three ranges.
Nicknamed “The Martian,” Domínguez has been seen because the Yankees’ heart fielder of the longer term nearly since he signed for a $5.1 million bonus out of the Dominican Republic in July 2019. After he was promoted to the large leagues final Sept. 1, Domínguez went 7-for-21 (.333) with three house runs within the first 5 video games of his massive league profession. However he had a troublesome time swinging the bat a couple of days later, and his season got here to an finish when the Yankees introduced he wanted Tommy John surgical procedure on his proper elbow. The process was carried out on Sept. 20 by Dr. Keith Meister.
Domínguez returned to the baseball area in Could. He performed 4 video games with Single-A Tampa and 10 with Double-A Somerset on rehab earlier than he was activated from the IL and assigned to the RailRiders, the place he slashed .389/.405/.639 in 9 video games.
The Yankees, nonetheless, didn’t have an avenue for selling Domínguez, with Alex Verdugo, Aaron Choose and Juan Soto beginning within the outfield and Giancarlo Stanton entrenched because the DH.