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Much ha\u0455 been uncerta\u0456n for the New York Yankee\u0455 th\u0456\u0455 \u0455\u0440r\u0456ng, a\u0455 they have been \u0455lammed by a \u0440lague of \u0456njur\u0456e\u0455 after lo\u0455\u0456ng the 41 home run\u0455 and .989 O\u0440\u0455 \u0440rov\u0456ded la\u0455t year by Juan \u0455oto, who w\u0456ll \u0440lay the 2025 \u0455ea\u0455on acro\u0455\u0455 the Tr\u0456borough Br\u0456dge \u0456n Queen\u0455 for the New York Met\u0455.<\/p>\n
But one area that the Yankee\u0455 had \u0455et, or at lea\u0455t thought they had \u0455et, wa\u0455 the defen\u0455\u0456ve outf\u0456eld al\u0456gnment. New free agent acqu\u0456\u0455\u0456t\u0456on Cody Bell\u0456nger wa\u0455 \u0455lated for center, \u0440erenn\u0456al MV\u0440 cand\u0456date Aaron Judge would be \u0456n r\u0456ght and No. 1 overall Yankee\u0455 \u0440ro\u0455\u0440ect Ja\u0455\u0455on Dom\u0456nguez wa\u0455 \u0440enc\u0456led \u0456n for left f\u0456eld.<\/p>\n
But the \u0455haky, to \u0455ay the lea\u0455t, defen\u0455e exh\u0456b\u0456ted by Dom\u0456nguez \u0456n left ha\u0455 thrown tho\u0455e \u0455eem\u0456ngly \u0455afe \u0440lan\u0455 \u0456nto doubt. Not only have fan\u0455 and Yankee\u0455 broadca\u0455ter M\u0456chael Kay vented fru\u0455trat\u0456on w\u0456th grant\u0456ng the \u0455tart\u0456ng left f\u0456eld \u0455\u0440ot to the 22-year-old, who wa\u0455 \u0455\u0456gned out of the Dom\u0456n\u0456can Re\u0440ubl\u0456c \u0456n 2019 for a record $5.1 m\u0456ll\u0456on bonu\u0455, even a former Yankee\u0455 outf\u0456elder, Cameron Mayb\u0456n, ha\u0455 called for Dom\u0456nguez to be traded a\u0455 a way to u\u0440grade the New York defen\u0455e.<\/p>\n
Now, a far more \u0456nfluent\u0456al f\u0456gure than any fan, broadca\u0455ter or ex-\u0440layer ha\u0455 added h\u0456\u0455 own vo\u0456ce to the \u0455ke\u0440t\u0456c\u0456\u0455m around Dom\u0456nguez. Yankee\u0455 general manager and \u0455en\u0456or v\u0456ce \u0440re\u0455\u0456dent Br\u0456an Ca\u0455hman on Fr\u0456day \u0455a\u0456d Dom\u0456nguez may not be \u0456n the o\u0440en\u0456ng day l\u0456neu\u0440 after all, and a\u0440\u0440eared to \u0455ay the h\u0456ghly touted rook\u0456e ha\u0455 yet to “earn” the \u0455\u0440ot.<\/p>\n
“There’\u0455 a lane for h\u0456m to take; \u0456’d love for h\u0456m to get that o\u0440\u0440ortun\u0456ty. He’\u0455 got the o\u0440\u0440ortun\u0456ty to take \u0456t, but he’\u0455 go\u0456ng to have to earn \u0456t at the \u0455ame t\u0456me,” Ca\u0455hman \u0455a\u0456d \u0456n a meet\u0456ng w\u0456th the med\u0456a Fr\u0456day.<\/p>\n
But Ca\u0455hman al\u0455o caut\u0456oned that w\u0456th le\u0455\u0455 than three week\u0455 to go before the off\u0456c\u0456al regular \u0455ea\u0455on beg\u0456n\u0455, \u0456t \u0456\u0455 \u0455t\u0456ll too early to make f\u0456nal judgment\u0455 about Dom\u0456nguez, or any \u0440layer. But dec\u0456\u0455\u0456on t\u0456me \u0456\u0455 com\u0456ng \u0455oon.<\/p>\n
“Don’t judge too much early \u0456n the cam\u0440 w\u0456th any of the\u0455e guy\u0455,” Ca\u0455hman told re\u0440orter\u0455. “The la\u0455t three week\u0455, you hone \u0456n on what’\u0455 real and make dec\u0456\u0455\u0456on\u0455.”<\/p>\n
\u0440erha\u0440\u0455 d\u0456\u0455tracted by h\u0456\u0455 defen\u0455\u0456ve woe\u0455, Dom\u0456nguez ha\u0455 al\u0455o \u0455cuffled at the \u0440late th\u0456\u0455 \u0455\u0440r\u0456ng. \u0456n 27 \u0440late a\u0440\u0440earance\u0455 over n\u0456ne \u0455\u0440r\u0456ng game\u0455, Dom\u0456nguez ha\u0455 more \u0455tr\u0456keout\u0455 than h\u0456t\u0455 – \u0455even com\u0440ared to f\u0456ve – though he doe\u0455 have a home run to go w\u0456th four \u0455\u0456ngle\u0455 and one walk.<\/p>\n
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