BOSTON — Jasson Dominguez took a step nearer to The Bronx on Tuesday, when the Yankees’ No. 2 prospect was promoted to Double-A Somerset from Excessive-A Hudson Valley.
The transfer got here after the 19-year-old heart fielder, who opened the season at Low-A Tampa, performed simply 40 video games with Hudson Valley earlier than the Low-A season got here to an finish over the weekend. Somerset performs by means of Sunday, with the postseason to observe.
Dominguez had a .906 OPS in 104 plate appearances with Hudson Valley.
The group’s prime prospect, shortstop Anthony Volpe, was lately moved as much as Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre.
The switch-hitting Dominguez was the highest worldwide signing in 2019, when he agreed to a $5.1 million cope with the Yankees, drawing comparisons to Mike Trout, Mickey Mantle and Bo Jackson.
His first full season in professional ball didn’t come till final yr, as a result of COVID-related cancellation of the 2020 minor league season, and he slipped in some scouts’ eyes with Tampa.
However Dominguez has labored his means again into prominence and has been at his greatest lately, with 5 doubles, two triples and 4 homers and only a dozen strikeouts in his final 18 video games.
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