Jasson Dominguez Injury Update: Torn UCL & Possible Surgery

Jasson Domínguez, a key prospect for the Yankees, has sustained a catastrophic injury just eight games into his Major League Baseball career. Due to elbow pain, the outfielder was a late scratch from the Yankees’ starting lineup on Sunday. Dominguez has a ruptured UCL, Yankees manager Aaron Boone revealed to the media following the game.

Jasson Dominguez Injury Update: Torn UCL & Possible Surgery

The ulnar collateral ligament in the elbow is known as the UCL. When the ligament is injured, the most popular technique to repair it is called Tommy John surgery, which normally sidelines pitchers for 12 to 14 months. Position players can recover more quickly, particularly if they are the designated hitter, as was the case for Bryce Harper this season, who returned in May following surgery in November.

He is anticipated to miss 9 to 10 months.

“Obviously tough news to have,” Boone said following the Yankees’ win over the Brewers on Sunday. “Had some soreness Sunday he said in Houston, the last game. But I hadn’t thought that much of it. [He] started getting treatment on Wednesday but [the elbow] still wasn’t anything impacting him really. And then today, when he was doing his BP, his routine and he was swinging, he couldn’t pop the ball or really hit it hard. So we brought him up and he went and got tested during the game and he’s got a torn UCL.”

The Yankees offered Dominguez his first cup of coffee in the MLB earlier than anticipated after the team lost its chance to make the playoffs. More effectively than anyone could have anticipated, he reacted by slugging four home runs in his first eight games.

MLB.com’s No. 74 prospect batted and was once compared to Mike Trout and Mickey Mantle as a youngster.15 home runs, 40 stolen bases, and a slash line of 265/.377/.425 in the minor levels this year.

“It’s definitely very shocking news,” Dominguez said through an interpreter. “You’re never expecting this to be the result. Now understanding what happened, we have to look forward and go through it.”

After signing with the Yankees for more than $5 million out of the Dominican Republic in 2019, Dominguez has become one of the Yankees’ top prospects and one of the most anticipated young players in professional baseball.

As of the start of the 2023 season, R.J. Anderson of CBS Sports ranked Dominguez as the third-best Yankees prospect, noting that he “still possesses some intriguing physical projection, too, including above-average power and speed.”

Dominguez will undoubtedly be treated carefully going forward by the Yankees medical staff because he is unquestionably a significant part of the team’s future plans.

 

 

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