Yankees At-Bat of the Week: Jasson Domínguez (5/3)
Domínguez was the catalyst for the Yankees’ offensive outburst against the O’s on Sunday.
NEW YORK, NY - MAY 03: Jasson Domínguez #24 of the New York Yankees hits a two-run home run in the eighth inning during the game between the Baltimore Orioles and the New York Yankees at Yankee Stadium on Sunday, May 3, 2026 in New York, New York. (Photo by Michael Urakami/MLB Photos via Getty Images) | MLB Photos via Getty Images The Yankees offense is flying in the first three games against Orioles. They scored 27 runs across that trio of contests, tallying 37 hits include eight home runs.
The standout performer in the third game was Jasson Domínguez — getting a chance to carve out a spot on the big league roster with Giancarlo Stanton out injured — and he delivered with a home run, a pair of doubles, and three RBI. It is the first of his hits — the double to lead off the sixth — that I want to look at for At-bat of the Week. We join Jasson leading off the bottom of the sixth.
The score is tied at three apiece, home runs by Ben Rice and Aaron Judge cancelled out by some small ball by the Birds in the third and fourth. To this point in the game, Jasson had grounded out twice from the left hand side against righty starter Trey Gibson. However, with the lefty reliever Grant Wolfram entering the game in the fifth, Jasson gets turned around to bat from the right hand side in this situation.
Five out of the six pitches Jasson saw from Gibson were fastballs. This, combined with the scouting report noting his propensity to chase breaking balls below the zone explains why Wolfram starts this AB with a first pitch curveball. View Link This pitch catches a lot of the zone.
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