{"id":154604,"date":"2025-09-19T09:48:07","date_gmt":"2025-09-19T09:48:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/154604\/"},"modified":"2025-09-19T09:48:07","modified_gmt":"2025-09-19T09:48:07","slug":"yankees-news-dominguez-carving-out-postseason-role","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/154604\/","title":{"rendered":"Yankees news: Dom\u00ednguez carving out postseason role"},"content":{"rendered":"

Daily News | Gary Phillips<\/a>: Outfielder Jasson Dom\u00ednguez, who started the season as a Rookie of the Year favorite, has gradually ceded an everyday role, starting just three times in the Yankees\u2019 last 18 games. Dom\u00ednguez\u2019s struggles on defense and inability to hit left-handers have made him expendable as others have surged. GM Brian Cashman attributes that in part to the unexpected ascendence of Trent Grisham, whose career year edged the Martian out of a job in left.<\/p>\n

Despite this demotion, the 22-year-old still offers athleticism off the bench on a potential playoff roster. His sprint speed of 28.6 feet per second is tops on the team and he\u2019s stolen 23 bags in 27 tries. \u201cHis speed is so good, but I feel like he\u2019s done a better job as the season\u2019s gone along of just consistently getting some good breaks,\u201d said Aaron Boone, noting the rookie\u2019s progress as a baserunner. The switch-hitter\u2019s .774 OPS from the left side also makes him a viable option to pinch hit late in games against right-handed pitching.<\/p>\n

Advertisement<\/p>\n

NJ.com | Randy Miller<\/a>: After a difficult start to his tenure in pinstripes, the Yankees believe Camilo Doval is rounding into form. The former Giants closer notched his third straight scoreless appearance on Wednesday against the Twins, retiring the side in order in his one inning of work while recording two punchouts on 10 pitches. Exemplary of the evening was his strikeout of Byron Buxton on three pitches, punctuated by a 100.5 mph cutter that caught the 2025 All-Star looking.<\/p>\n

\u201cI like where he\u2019s at as far as his base and his setup,\u201d said Boone of the reliever\u2019s performance. \u201cHe was strike-throwing. You see the electricity.\u201d Doval\u2019s recent success comes on the heels of allowing 14 runs (10 earned) through his first 16 Yankees appearances. Doval pitched to a 3.23 ERA with 15 saves as a Giant before joining New York at the deadline.<\/p>\n

MLB.com | Bryan Hoch<\/a>: Carlos Rod\u00f3n\u2019s nomination for the Roberto Clemente Award, MLB\u2019s honor for community involvement and philanthropy, is an opportunity to amplify the work he and his wife, Ashley, have done for families facing difficulties relating to infertility and pregnancy complications. The Willow Grant, which the Rod\u00f3ns\u00a0created last year after experiencing two miscarriages, is named after their daughter and provides $10,000 to $20,000 annually to 25 couples who have experienced a miscarriage or pregnancy loss. Grant funding, which has been disbursed in the New York metro area and around the country, focuses on easing both financial and emotional strain.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe fact that they\u2019ve given a platform to it, a voice to it, support it, has been a great thing,\u201d said Boone of the Rod\u00f3ns. \u201cI know they\u2019re doing amazing work and how that foundation has grown over the years. I\u2019m really proud of him and Ashley and what they stand for away from the field.\u201d Voting for the award<\/a>, for which each team receives one nominee, is underway.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Daily News | Gary Phillips: Outfielder Jasson Dom\u00ednguez, who started the season as a Rookie of the Year…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":154605,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[435],"tags":[8289,81449,1993,49,27866,48,17947,81448,81447,462,82,8294,1505],"class_list":["post-154604","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mlb","tag-aaron-boone","tag-brian-cashman","tag-byron-buxton","tag-ca","tag-camilo-doval","tag-canada","tag-carlos-rodon","tag-gary-phillips","tag-jasson-dominguez","tag-mlb","tag-sports","tag-trent-grisham","tag-yankees"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/154604","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=154604"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/154604\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/154605"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=154604"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=154604"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=154604"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}