2023-09-02 00:29:00
The young New York Yankees sensation Jasson Dominuez has made a successful comeback through the front door.
Nicknamed “The Martian” homered in his first appearance at bat in the Majors once morest none other than Houston Astros ace Justin Verlander. The Yankees took advantage of the brilliance of their rookie player to win 6-2.
Hitting fifth in the offensive lineup, Dominguez, who is an ambidextrous hitter, hit Verlander’s fastball into the left field bleachers to make it 3-0 for the Yankees with a two-run homer. .
At 20 years and 206 days old, he became the youngest player in franchise history to hit a longball in his major league debut.
In the fifth inning, it was Aaron Judge’s turn to inscribe his name once once more in the MLB record books.
Judge sent Verlander’s shot to center field to give the Yankees a four-point lead. This solo circuit was far from trivial, since it was the 250th of the career of the Bronx Bombers slugger.
Playing his 810th career game, he became the fastest in Major League history to reach that milestone. Ryan Howard held the previous mark following hitting 250 long balls in 855 games.
Dominguez, a prodigy from his adolescence
The outfielder signed with the Yankees in 2019 when he was 16 years old. He is the first New York player to homer in his first appearance in MLB at bat since Judge and Tyler Austin, who both achieved the feat in the same game on August 13, 2016.
Dominguez was the youngest player to play a game for the team since Jose Rijo, then 19, in July 1984. He was also the youngest in his position since Stan Javier, aged 20, in April 1984.
The Dominican has only played nine games with the AAA school club this season, at Wilkes-Barre/Scranton. He had a .419 batting average, with two doubles and 10 RBIs. He previously batted .254 with 15 home runs and 66 RBIs in 109 games at the AA level.
Prior to the game, the Yankees manager remembered the determination and confidence Dominguez had at age 16 when he watched him practice batting at the team’s academy in the Dominican Republic, 2019.
“From that age he had your attention,” Boone said. You saw all the assets that this 16-year-old already had. He had that kind of easy smile and was very well behaved. »
“When I heard the news, it was really special,” Dominguez said in Spanish through an interpreter. Just being here today is really exciting. I’m happy to be there and it’s a special day. »
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