For the third sport in a row, Giancarlo Stanton was the Yankees’ beginning proper fielder on Wednesday evening.
And for the third sport in a row, Jasson Domínguez was out of the lineup.
Even with Aaron Decide restricted to DH responsibility as he recovers from a flexor pressure in his proper elbow, Domínguez has obtained much less enjoying time within the Yankees’ crowded outfield of late.
“I’m just trying to match it up the best we can and, obviously, trying to do all we can to win every game,” supervisor Aaron Boone mentioned earlier than Wednesday’s sequence finale towards the Minnesota Twins within the Bronx.
“J.D.’s a big part of it. I know it’s been now a few days he hasn’t played. It’s a little snapshot in a long season. He could be the most central figure in the next game.”
The Yankees have navigated a surplus of outfielders all season, with Decide, Domínguez, Cody Bellinger and Trent Grisham every beginning no less than 80 video games within the outfield.
Decide has not performed within the subject since July 25, and upon coming back from the injured checklist on Aug. 5, he has served solely because the Yankees’ designated hitter.
However the Yankees wish to maintain the red-hot Stanton, their major DH, within the lineup, which is why the 35-year-old lately returned to proper subject for the primary time since September 2023.
Wednesday marked the fourth time in 5 video games that Stanton obtained the beginning in proper. The rookie Domínguez, 22, was the odd man out within the Yankees’ outfield every time.
“I think he’s had a really solid year and continued to develop,” Boone mentioned of Domínguez.
“He’s gonna be an important part of this moving forward. You never know, day-to-day right now when we’re in the stretch drive here, how it will unfold, but this is all hands on deck.”
Domínguez, a touted prospect whose out-of-this-world skillset earned him the nickname “The Martian, started Wednesday with a .253 common, 9 house runs and a .718 OPS.
However Grisham and Bellinger are superior defensive gamers, and each entered Wednesday with 21 house runs and an OPS over .800.
The switch-hitting Domínguez is a greater hitter from the left facet (.778 OPS) than the precise (.560), however Wednesday’s sport was the third in a row that Domínguez sat towards a right-handed pitcher.
Twins ace Joe Ryan (11-5, 2.79 ERA) was Minnesota’s starter.
Bellinger and Grisham each bat left-handed, and whereas Stanton bats right-handed, he entered Wednesday with a .986 OPS and 11 house runs towards righty pitchers.
Whatever the matchup, Stanton has been the Yankees’ greatest batter in July, with a .414 common, 4 homers and an 1.362 OPS in 29 at-bats to start play Wednesday. He went 4-for-5 with a homer in Tuesday evening’s 9-1 win towards the Twins.
“I’m kind of going day-to-day right now and hearing how Giancarlo’s responding, and same with Belli and Grish,” Boone mentioned. “I haven’t had that conversation [about playing time with Domínguez] because I don’t necessarily have it planned out a couple of days in advance.”
Decide, in the meantime, continues to work towards returning to the outfield. On Tuesday, Decide mentioned he was “feeling good” and “progressing” underneath the plan of the trainers.
“He’s expected to throw again today,” Boone added Wednesday. “[We’ll] continue to stretch him out. I think he’s been up to 120 feet or so. At some point, we want to get him probably throwing to bases and stuff. It seems to be going well, but no timeline as far as a target date.”
ALL IS WELLS
Wednesday did, nonetheless, mark a return to the beginning lineup for Austin Wells.
The 26-year-old catcher sat out of three of the earlier 4 video games, together with the final two, as Ben Rice receives extra time behind the plate.
Wells entered Wednesday with a .208 common and a .267 on-base share this season. He was simply 3-for-20 (.150) in July.
SURGING STANTON
With practically each homer today, Stanton ties or passes one other big-name slugger on the all-time house run checklist.
Tuesday’s blast was the 441st house run of Stanton’s profession, transferring him previous Jason Giambi for forty fourth in MLB historical past. He entered Wednesday one house run behind Dave Kingman.
Stanton has additionally handed Cal Ripken Jr., Andruw Jones, Juan Gonzalez, Carlos Beltran, Andre Dawson and Paul Konerko this yr. Now in his sixteenth MLB season, Stanton is MLB’s lively house run chief.
“I’ve just tried to remind him a couple of days, like, ‘Oh, here comes Kingman. You got Jason.’ … They’re all big now,” Boone mentioned. “I enjoy it. I find it pretty cool, and I think in his own way, he enjoys it a little bit, too.”
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