Yankees Notes: Camilo Doval's dominant start to 2026, Giancarlo Stanton 'in a really good place' at the plate

Following the Yankees ' 3-0 win over the Giants on Friday afternoon, manager Aaron Boone and the players spoke about on a number of topics, including Camilo Doval 's dominant start to the 2026 season. Camilo Doval dominating to start season Doval was one of GM Brian Cashman 's big acquisitions at last year's trade deadline. He, along with David Bednar, were supposed to shore up the Yankees bullpen for a deep playoff run.

Doval, however, struggled in the final months of the 2025 season as a Yankee. Now, a whole offseason with the Yankees behind him, Doval has come out to start the season dominating batters. After pitching a 1-2-3 inning in the opener, Doval struck out the side on Friday afternoon.

"Dominant," Boone said of Doval's outing. "The sinker from the side, looked like a split and I thought really good pace and tempo to him. filling up the strikezone.

That was a dominant 1-2-3 inning of what he can be and what he looks like when he’s rolling. Really excited for that performance, now back-to-back strong outings for him. " After coming over from San Francisco at the deadline, Doval pitched to a 4.