{"id":434691,"date":"2023-09-05T10:21:18","date_gmt":"2023-09-05T10:21:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/?p=434691"},"modified":"2023-09-05T10:21:18","modified_gmt":"2023-09-05T10:21:18","slug":"yankees-jasson-dominguez-set-to-make-debut-against-tigers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/yankees-jasson-dominguez-set-to-make-debut-against-tigers\/","title":{"rendered":"Yankees Jasson Dominguez Set To Make Debut Against Tigers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The New York Yankees were pleased with Jasson Dominguez&#8217;s bat swings throughout his first three games.<\/p>\n<p>Now that Dominguez is making his Yankee Stadium debut on Tuesday night in the first game of a three-game series against the Detroit Tigers, they are curious to see him take swings for the first time there.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I think it&#8217;s going to be big time,&#8221; Dominguez said of his upcoming home debut.<\/p>\n<h2>Yankees Jasson Dominguez Set To Make Debut Against Tigers<\/h2>\n<p>If his first three games this weekend provide any indication, the 20-year-old center fielder won&#8217;t find the occasion to be too overwhelming.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The Spanish call of Jasson Dominguez homer last night was electric <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/2R9bKmJwWM\">pic.twitter.com\/2R9bKmJwWM<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; ZT (@NY_EvilEmpire) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NY_EvilEmpire\/status\/1698731663948165467?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 4, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>During the Yankees&#8217; three-game sweep of the Astros, Dominguez played up to the high expectations that had been placed on him by slamming two home runs and collecting a hit in each game.<\/p>\n<p>The Yankees were similarly astounded by how he made it seem, even if generating some early results is usually crucial to helping any rookie feel a bit more at home in the big leagues.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Get to know Jasson Dominguez, aka &quot;The Martian.&quot; \ud83d\udef8<\/p>\n<p>He makes his anticipated debut tonight, batting 5th and playing CF. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/5OOtrkv7dU\">pic.twitter.com\/5OOtrkv7dU<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; MLB (@MLB) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MLB\/status\/1697717531379920961?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 1, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The Yankees have just finished a 7-3 road trip that took them through Houston, Detroit, and Tampa. After New York went 3-12 and fell below.500, they embarked on one of their finest runs of the year, which coincided with Dominguez getting promoted from Double-A Somerset to Triple-A Scranton\/Wilkes Barre.<\/p>\n<p>In the nine games he played while in Triple-A, Dominguez batted 419 (13-for-31), racked up 10 RBI, and had an OPS of 1.094. He smashed a two-run home run in his first professional at-bat on Friday against Houston. The 20-year-old made a crucial contribution with a tiebreaking two-run homer in the sixth inning of Sunday&#8217;s 6-1 victory.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I am actually terrified of Jasson Dominguez. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/gNkVknagFC\">pic.twitter.com\/gNkVknagFC<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Jared Carrabis (@Jared_Carrabis) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Jared_Carrabis\/status\/1697766564425019602?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 2, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He&#8217;s lived up to every ounce of hype that I&#8217;ve heard,&#8221; New York pitcher Michael King said. &#8220;I heard he was otherworldly and he comes out here and just dominates.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s comfortable,\u201d manager Aaron Boone said Sunday night before the Yankees flew home after a 10-game road trip. \u201cWhen he goes up to the plate, there\u2019s not a lot of anxiety. He plays the game with ease. Obviously, the skill set jumps off the page at you.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">We&#39;re already swooning over Jasson Dominguez and we haven&#39;t even seen him in the Bronx yet <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/VII5Nd2Hje\">pic.twitter.com\/VII5Nd2Hje<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Talkin&#39; Yanks (@TalkinYanks) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TalkinYanks\/status\/1698774070395867357?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 4, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The Yankees have made an effort to make Dominguez and Wells feel at home in the clubhouse during their first few days in the major leagues, but both players came in with an instinctive, calm confidence.<\/p>\n<p>While Dominguez has made it clear when he enters the batter&#8217;s box, Wells has demonstrated it in his efforts behind the plate.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Jasson Dominguez hesitated when asked who his favorite player was growing up, then admitted he liked David Ortiz and Manny Ramirez <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ODkschluYt\">pic.twitter.com\/ODkschluYt<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Talkin&#39; Yanks (@TalkinYanks) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TalkinYanks\/status\/1698490712084365674?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 4, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Jasson Dominguez, a switch-hitter, will make his Bronx debut beginning with Tuesday night&#8217;s series opener against the Detroit Tigers, giving him a chance to further win over the crowd while vying for the starting center field position in 2024.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE-\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Basketball Injury Causes Serbian Player Borisa Simanic To Lose A Kidney\" href=\"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/basketball-injury-causes-serbian-player-borisa-simanic-to-lose-a-kidney\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Basketball Injury Causes Serbian Player Borisa Simanic To Lose A Kidney<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The New York Yankees were pleased with Jasson Dominguez&#8217;s bat swings throughout his first three games. Now that Dominguez is making his Yankee Stadium debut on Tuesday night in the first game of a three-game series against the Detroit Tigers, they are curious to see him take swings for the first time there. &#8220;I think [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":434652,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[54,117],"tags":[14723,14724,3265,2221,9807,14722,3957,14725],"class_list":["post-434691","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mlb","category-new-york-yankees","tag-jasson-dominguez-debut","tag-jasson-dominguez-news","tag-mlb-2023","tag-mlb-news","tag-yankees-2023","tag-yankees-jasson-dominguez","tag-yankees-news","tag-yankees-vs-tigers"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/434691","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/22"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=434691"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/434691\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/434652"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=434691"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=434691"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=434691"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}