Inside Yankees Jasson Dominguez trade deadline dilemma as outfielder speaks out
Few prospects in baseball history have faced the kind of expectations that welcomed Jasson Domínguez to professional baseball, immediately compared with the likes of Mickey Mantle upon signing with the Yankees as a teenager out of the Dominican Republic in 2019.Given the amount on his shoulders and given the journey, on the field and off, required to climb the minor league ladder, he probably did not need more to worry about each July (or in this case, August).So for a former top prospect who has been a part of rumors at this time of the year virtually every season of his career, ignorance about the trade deadline’s sheer existence worked out well.Of course he had heard people talk about the annual date on which the Yankees just about always push out prospects and bring in major league help, but he didn’t ask many questions.
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“I really didn’t even know what it was about, to be honest with you.”He knows about the deadline this year and says he successfully has avoided the chatter.But he is aware the possibility exists he could be moved.There probably will be smaller-market teams that envision Domínguez taking off and living up to his potential away from New York, where every at-bat and every fly ball has been and will be scrutinized.But no, Domínguez hopes he goes nowhere.“I love it here,” Domínguez said before beginning a series with the Pirates in The Bronx.
“I signed here when I was 16, and I know everybody.I know a lot of people, a lot of people that I care about in the organization.
There are definitely a lot of good people here.”The Yankees, whose need for offensive help has only grown with a collectively slumping offense and no clarity about return dates for Aaron Judge and Giancarlo Stanton, will have to...