{"id":32433,"date":"2025-03-12T03:47:18","date_gmt":"2025-03-12T03:47:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=32433"},"modified":"2025-03-12T03:47:18","modified_gmt":"2025-03-12T03:47:18","slug":"shocking-stat-proves-yankees-jasson-dominguez-can-beat-bobby-witt-jr-at-his-own-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=32433","title":{"rendered":"Shocking stat proves Yankees’ Jasson Dominguez can beat Bobby Witt Jr at his own game"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Most of the discussion surrounding current American League Rookie of the Year favorite\u00a0Jasson Dominguez has centered around\u00a0whether his prodigious power can help the Yankees weather his\u00a0left field growing pains.\u00a0Perhaps people should be a bit more focused on another key element of his game, too.<\/p>\n

Dominguez joined the hit parade last Tuesday in Clearwater,\u00a0drilling a casual 103.9 mph home run\u00a0to the opposite field that proved once more that he’s always a simple flick of the wrist away from making an impact.<\/p>\n

But perhaps his most impressive contribution to the 12-3 blowout win came in the third inning, when he ignited a seven-run rally with a dribbler hit in Trea Turner’s direction.<\/p>\n

The All-Star shortstop never really got a clean handle on the grounder, and his toss to first was seconds late. Of course, even a perfect transfer probably wouldn’t have caught Dominguez, who sprinted to first at a ridiculous rate of 30.4 feet per second, slightly faster than the average rate of\u00a0superhuman racer Bobby Witt Jr. of the Kansas City Royals.<\/p>\n

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