{"id":26875,"date":"2025-02-18T03:20:27","date_gmt":"2025-02-18T03:20:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=26875"},"modified":"2025-02-18T03:20:27","modified_gmt":"2025-02-18T03:20:27","slug":"jasson-dominguez-makes-aaron-boone-and-brian-cashman-look-foolish-with-dominant-play-yankees-contingency-plan-in-question","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=26875","title":{"rendered":"“Jasson Dom\u00ednguez Makes Aaron Boone and Brian Cashman Look Foolish with Dominant Play \u2013 Yankees\u2019 Contingency Plan in Question!”"},"content":{"rendered":"
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It sure seems like the\u00a0New York Yankees<\/a>\u00a0will be without slugger\u00a0Giancarlo Stanton<\/a>\u00a0to start the 2025 season, as he showed up to camp dealing with pain in both of his elbows. New York’s lineup was already looking somewhat perilous thanks to the departure of Juan Soto, and losing Stanton for any extended period of time will really put pressure on everyone else to pick up the slack. But one player in particular: outfielder Jasson Dom\u00ednguez, finally set to get an honest shot at locking down a starting outfield job in the Bronx.<\/p>\n

Dom\u00ednguez has the upside of being a formidable piece in the middle of the order. Aaron Boone and Brian Cashman want the 22-year-old to\u00a0earn his spot<\/a>, and he\u2019s doing just that in Spring Training so far. In live batting practice on Monday, the man they call \u201cThe Martian\u201d cracked a home run off of New York’s $162 million starter, Carlos Rod\u00f3n, then followed it up with another missile off the wall.<\/p>\n

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Jasson Dom\u00ednguez doing everything to prove he should be a part Yankees’ Opening Day lineup<\/h2>\n

With Stanton\u2019s injury, the Yankees need to find a way to replace his bat in the lineup, a lineup that doesn’t pack nearly the same punch as it did last season. Outside of Aaron Judge, no one hit more than 30 home runs in 2024.<\/p>\n

Adding Cody Bellinger should help, but expecting the former NL MVP to hit 30-plus home runs could prove foolish; even in his bounce-back 2023 season, he would\u2019ve only had 25 home runs in Yankee Stadium, according to\u00a0Baseball Savant<\/a>. Paul Goldschmidt is an upgrade over Anthony Rizzo, but his best years are behind him: His OPS, batting average, and home runs have decreased significantly since 2022, while his strikeout rate has also skyrocketed.<\/p>\n

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