New York Yankees rookie Jasson Dominguez hits a home run in his first ever major league at bat during his big league debut against Houston
- Yankees catcher Austin Wells also made his major league debut against the Astros
- Dominguez’s two-run home run came on his first strike in the majors
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Jasson Dominguez, the New York Yankees’ touted candidate, hit his first home run on his first strike with the bat during his major league debut against the Houston Astros.
Domínguez, 20, is expected to be the team’s day-to-day center fielder after Harrison Bader was claimed off waivers by the Cincinnati Reds.
Yankees manager Aaron Boone vividly recalls the poise and confidence a 16-year-old Domínguez displayed when he watched him take batting practice at the team’s academy in the Dominican Republic in 2019.
Domínguez stunned everyone Friday night when he hit a two-run homer off Houston ace Justin Verlander in his first major league at bat.
At just 20 years and 206 days old, Domínguez became the youngest Yankees player to homer in his first career game.
New York Yankees rookie Jasson Dominguez hit a home run on his MLB debut against Houston
Domingez’s family was caught on camera celebrating his fantastic first MLB at-bat
He was the first Yankees player to go deep in his first big league at bat since Aaron Judge on August 13, 2016.
After Domínguez hit his home run into the opposite field to the short porch, leaving a three-time Cy Young Award winner twice his age, TV cameras panned to his family, who screamed and jumped around after they hit the ball across the yard. had seen about 3 minutes left. -0 lead in the first inning.
Four years after seeing Boone take batting practice as a teen, the acclaimed player was a big hit in his big league debut.
The switch-hitting outfielder and another promising youngster, catcher Austin Wells, were called up from the minors by the last-placed Yankees when the rosters expanded on Friday.
Domínguez joins the team after playing only nine games this season with Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre. He hit .419 with two doubles and 10 RBIs there after batting .254 with 15 home runs and 66 RBIs in 109 games for Double-A Somerset.
Catcher Austin Wells also made his major league debut in the game against the Astros
The 24-year-old Wells singled off Verlander in his first plate appearance. Wells hit .254 with five home runs and 20 RBIs in 33 games for Scranton/Wilkes-Barre. He was a 2020 first-round draft pick from Arizona.
Domínguez had a number of friends and relatives in Houston for Friday night’s game, including his mother and father and several aunts and uncles.
He said he has always dreamed of playing in the big league, but he tries to focus on the present rather than worrying too much about the future.
“I focus a lot on my day-to-day life and what I need to do to keep improving or if there’s a particular skill I need to improve,” he said. “So for me, I try to keep it really simple. But now that we’re in the big leagues here, I have the chance to get a taste of the competition and keep learning from it.’