First name is pronounced “JAY-sun”...Was the top-ranked prospect by MLB.com for the 2019 international signing period.
2024
Batted .179 (10-for-56) with 8R, one double, 2HR, 4RBI, 11BB and 5SB in 18 games over two stints (8/18, 9/9-end of season) with the Yankees...appeared defensively in LF (13G/12GS) and CF (4G/4GS)...Began the season on the 60-day injured list due to “Tommy John” reconstruction surgery recovery...played in rehab games with Single-A Tampa, Double-A Somerset and Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre...was returned from his rehab assignment, reinstated from the 60-day injured list and optioned to Scranton/Wilkes-Barre on 6/12...Made his season debut on 8/18 at Detroit in The Little League Classic as the “27th” man (0-for-4)...was returned to Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre after the game...Batted leadoff in the starting lineup for the first time in his career on 9/28 vs. Pittsburgh (1-for-4, 1BB)...at 21 years, 234 days, was the youngest Yankee to bat leadoff in the starting lineup since Tony Kubek on 5/15/57 vs. the Kansas City Athletics (21y, 215d)...Including rehab, hit .314/.376/.504 (71-for-226) with 43R, eight doubles, one triple, 11HR, 35RBI, 22BB, 1HP and 16SB in 58 combined games with Single-A Tampa, Double-A Somerset and Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre...over his final 18 games with Scranton/Wilkes-Barre from 8/20-9/8, batted .347/.398/.560 (26-for-75) with 21R, two doubles, one triple, 4HR, 11RBI, 7BB, 1SF and 7SB...Appeared in three postseason games for the Yankees as a pinch runner (1R)...Following the season, was tabbed by Baseball America as the No. 28 overall prospect, the Yankees’ No. 1 prospect and as the organization’s “Best Outfield Arm”...was also labeled by MLB Pipeline as the No. 21 prospect in baseball.
2023
Saw his first Major League action, batting .258/.303/.677 (8-for-31) with 6R, one double, 4HR, 7RBI, 2BB and 1SB in eight games with the Yankees before being placed on the injured list…reached base in seven of those games...Became the youngest Major League player in the Modern Era (since 1900) to hit 4HR through his first seven career games (confirmed by Elias)…his 4HR matched the third-most by a Major League player through his first seven career games in the Modern Era (since 1900), trailing only Trevor Story (7HR) and Mark Quinn (5HR)… was just the 18th Major League player in the Modern Era to do so...Was just the fourth Yankee to record at least five extra-base hits through his first seven career games, joining Clint Frazier (6XBH in 2017), Yangervis Solarte (6XBH in 2014) and Steve Whitaker (6XBH in 1966)...Was the sixth Yankee in the last 72 years (since 1952) to record at least 7RBI through his first seven career games, joining Shelley Duncan (8RBI in 2007), Clint Frazier (8RBI in 2017), Hideki Matsui (8RBI in 2003), Yangervis Solarte (7RBI in 2014) and Steve Whitaker (7RBI in 1966)...Three of his four HR gave the Yankees the lead...Batted third in the starting lineup in seven of his eight games (did so at his youngest at 20y, 213 days)… was the youngest Yankee to bat third in the starting lineup since Bobby Murcer (20y, 134d) on 10/1/66 at Chicago-AL…only Bobby Murcer (eight times at a younger 20 in 1966), Mickey Mantle (18 times total: eight times at 19 years old in 1951 and 10 times at a younger 20 in 1952) and Johnny Priest (twice at a younger 20 in 1911) have batted third in the Yankees’ starting lineup at a younger age...Hit safely in each of his first five career games, becoming just the third Yankee in the last 43 years (since 1981) to hit safely in each of his first five career games (also Hideki Matsui in 2003 and Oscar Azocar in 1990)...Was signed to a Major League contract and selected to the active roster on 9/1…made his Major League debut that night at Houston and homered in his first plate appearance with a two-run shot in the first inning (1-for-4, 1R, 1HR, 2RBI)…became the sixth Yankees player in franchise history to hit a home run in his first plate appearance, joining Aaron Judge and Tyler Austin on 8/13/16 vs. Tampa Bay, Andy Phillips on 9/26/04 at Boston, Marcus Thames on 6/10/02 vs. Arizona and John Miller on 9/11/66 at Boston...At 20 years, 206 days old on the day of his debut, was the youngest Yankee to appear in a game since RHP José Rijo (19y, 54d) on 7/6/84 at Minnesota…was the youngest position player to appear in a game for the Yankees since Stan Javier (20y, 111d) on 4/29/84 vs. Milwaukee…was the youngest Yankee to make his Major League debut since Stan Javier (20y, 97d) on 4/15/84 vs. Chicago-AL…was the ninth-youngest Yankee to make his Major League debut as a starter and the sixth-youngest position player in franchise history to do so, trailing only Bobby Murcer (19y, 111d at SS on 9/8/65 vs. Washington-AL), Mickey Mantle (19y, 179d in RF on 4/17/51 vs. Boston), Bobby Richardson (19y, 351d at 2B on 8/5/55 vs. Detroit), Al Downing (20y, 21d as SP on 7/19/61-G2 at Washington-AL), Gene Nelson (20y, 152d as SP on 5/4/81 at California), Don Johnson (20y, 159d as SP on 4/20/47-G2 at Philadelphia-AL), Bill Lamar (20y, 182d in CF on 9/19/1917 vs. Cleveland) and Andy Carey (20y, 197d at 3B on 5/2/52 vs. Detroit)…was the youngest position player to make his big league debut as a starter since Murcer...At 20 years, 206 days old, became the youngest Yankee to homer in his Major League debut…was the youngest Yankee to homer since Bobby Murcer (19y, 117d) on 9/14/65 at Washington-AL…only four players in franchise history have homered at a younger age than Domínguez: Bobby Murcer (19y, 117d on 9/14/65 at Washington-AL), Mickey Mantle (did so 15 times from 1951-52, including his youngest at 19y, 193d on 5/1/51 at Chicago-AL), Lou Gehrig (20y, 100d on 9/27/1923 at Boston) and Ross Moschitto (20y, 123d on 6/18/65 vs. Minnesota)...According to Elias, was the fifth-youngest player in Major League history to homer in his first plate appearance, trailing only the New York Giants’ Whitey Lockman (18y, 345d on 7/5/45 vs. St. Louis-NL), Texas’ Jurickson Profar (19y, 195d on 9/2/12 at Cleveland), Cincinnati’s Ted Tappe (19y, 224d on 9/14/50-G1 at Brooklyn) and Chicago-NL’s Starlin Castro (20y, 44d on 5/7/10 at Cincinnati)…Elias also notes he was the ninth-youngest player since 1900 to homer in his Major League debut, trailing only the New York Giants’ Whitey Lockman (18y, 345d on 7/5/45 vs. St. Louis-NL), Detroit’s Denny McLain (19y, 176d on 9/21/63 vs. Chicago-AL), Texas’ Jurickson Profar (19y, 195d on 9/2/12 at Cleveland), Cincinnati’s Ted Tappe (19y, 224d on 9/14/50-G1 at Brooklyn), Chicago-NL’s Starlin Castro (20y, 44d on 5/7/10 at Cincinnati), Kansas City’s Clint Hurdle (20y, 50d on 9/18/77 vs. Seattle), Florida’s Miguel Cabrera (20y, 63d on 6/20/03 vs. Tampa Bay) and Tampa Bay’s Wander Franco (20y, 113d on 6/22/21 vs. Boston)...According to ESPN Stats & Info, with his first HR coming off Justin Verlander, he became the second player in Major League history to homer in his first career AB off a reigning Cy Young Award winner (also Marcus Thames on 6/10/02 vs. Arizona off Randy Johnson)...With C Austin Wells also making his Major league debut on 9/1 at Houston, it marked the 12th time in franchise history two players made their Major League debuts as starters in the same game, the third such time in the last 54 years (since 1970) and fourth in the last 77 years (since 1947), joining Aaron Judge and Tyler Austin on 8/13/16 vs. Tampa Bay, Dean Anna and Masahiro Tanaka on 4/4/14 at Toronto, and John Ellis and Jim Lyttle on 5/17/69 vs. California…also marked the seventh time in franchise history two players age 24-or-younger made their Major League debuts as starters in the same game…joined Tyler Austin and Aaron Judge on 8/13/16 vs. Tampa Bay, John Ellis and Jim Lyttle on 5/17/69 vs. California, Yogi Berra and Bobby Brown on 9/22/46-G1 vs. Philadelphia-AL, Billy Johnson and Snuffy Stirnweiss on 4/22/43 vs. Washington-AL, Ben Chapman and Dusty Cooke on 4/15/30 at Philadelphia-AL, and Howie Camp, Chick Fewster and Bill Lamar on 9/19/1917 vs. Cleveland...Was one of six Yankees players age 24-or-younger to start from 9/2-3 (also Oswaldo Cabrera, Oswald Peraza, Everson Pereira, Anthony Volpe and Austin Wells)…it marked the first time the Yankees had six players 24-or-younger start in the same game since 9/11/69 at Washington-AL and just the fifth and sixth such occurrences in the last 91 years (since 1933)…marked the first time since 9/18/32-G2 that the Yankees had six such position players start in the same game...Hit a go-ahead two-run HR in the sixth inning on 9/3 at Houston…became just the fourth Yankee in franchise history to hit 2HR in his first three career games…joined Aaron Judge (2016), Joe Lefebvre (1980) and Yogi Berra (1946)…according to ESPN Stats & Info, became the first player at age 20-or-younger to hit a HR in two of his first three career games since 1900...His four RBIs through his first three games matched the most by a Yankee through his first three career games in the last 40 years (since 1984)…joined Miguel Andújar (2017) and Yangervis Solarte (2014)...Recorded a career-high 3H on 9/6 vs. Detroit, including a go-ahead solo HR in the third inning…became just the sixth Yankee in franchise history to record at least 3H in a game at age 20 years, 211 days-or-younger…joined Bobby Murcer (once in 1965 at 19), Mickey Mantle (eight times: six times in 1951 at 19 and twice in 1952 at 20), Lou Gehrig (once in 1923 at 20), Bill Lamar (once in 1917 at 20) and Ray Keating (once in 1912 at 19)…also became just the second Yankee to hit 3HR in his first five career games, joining Shelley Duncan (also 3HR in 2007)…was just the fourth Yankee in franchise history to record at least four extra-base hits through his first five career games… joined Steve Whitaker (5XBH in 1966), Tommy Henrich (4XBH in 1937) and Yangervis Solarte (4XBH in 2014)...With INF Oswald Peraza also collecting three hits on 9/6 vs. Detroit, it marked just the second time in the last 51 years (since 1973) that the Yankees had two players age 23-or-younger record at least three hits in the same game…Gary Sánchez (23) and Ronald Torreyes (23) also did so on 8/19/16 at Los Angeles-AL...Hit his fourth home run of the season on 9/8 vs. Milwaukee with a go-ahead two-run shot in the third inning… became the second Yankee in franchise history to hit 4HR through his first seven career games, joining Shelley Duncan (also 4HR in 2007)…also became the youngest Major League player in the Modern Era (since 1900) to hit 4HR through his first seven career games (confirmed by Elias)…his 4HR matched the third-most by a Major League player through his first seven career games in the Modern Era (since 1900), trailing only Trevor Story (7HR) and Mark Quinn (5HR)…was just the 18th Major League player in the Modern Era to do so…was just the fourth Yankee to record at least five extra-base hits through his first seven career games, joining Clint Frazier (6XBH in 2017), Yangervis Solarte (6XBH in 2014) and Steve Whitaker (6XBH in 1966)…also recorded his first career stolen base…at 20 years, 213 days, was the youngest Yankee to steal a base since Bobby Murcer (20 years, 126 days) on 9/23/66 vs. Boston…was just the second Yankee in franchise history to homer and steal a base in a game at age 20-or younger, joining Mickey Mantle (three times: twice at 19 in 1951 and once at 20 in 1952)...Was placed on the 10-day injured list on 9/11 (retroactive to 9/10) with a right UCL tear…underwent “Tommy John” reconstruction surgery on 9/20, which included the addition of internal bracing…the surgery was performed by Dr. Keith Meister in Arlington, Texas…was transferred to the 60-day injured list on 9/30...Spent the majority of the season in the Minors, combining to hit .265/.377/.425 (121-for-456) with 89R, 22 doubles, three triples, 15HR, 76RBI, 83BB and 40SB in 118 games with Double-A Somerset and Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre...Began the season with Double-A Somerset, hitting .254/.367/.414 (108-for-425) with 83R, 19 doubles, two triples, 15HR, 66RBI, 77BB and 37SB in 109 games…over his final 33 games with Somerset (7/14-8/20), batted .354/.416/.549 (51-for-144) with 27R, 11 doubles, one triple, 5HR, 27RBI, 16BB and 13SB...Was named the “Eastern League Player of the Week” for 8/14-20 after batting .464 (13-for-28) with 8R, 5 doubles, 2HR, 8RBI, 3BB and 1SB...Was named an Eastern League Postseason All-Star and the league’s “Top MLB Prospect”…at the time of his promotion to Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre on 8/22, led all Eastern League hitters in runs and walks, ranked second in hits, third in stolen bases, fourth in OBP and total bases (176), and tied for fourth in RBI...In nine games with the RailRiders, hit .419/.514/.581 (13-for-31) with 6R, three doubles, one triple, 10RBI, 6BB and 3SB...At the time of his Major League call-up, was ranked by MLB Pipeline as the No. 2 prospect in the Yankees organization and the No. 78 prospect in all of baseball…was also tabbed by Baseball America as the No. 3 prospect in the Yankees system and the No. 60 prospect in all of baseball...Following the season, was tabbed by Baseball America as the Yankees’ No. 1 prospect and the No. 16 overall prospect in baseball…was also tabbed by the publication as “Best Power Hitter,” “Best Strike-Zone Discipline,” “Fastest Baserunner,” “Best Athlete” and “Best Outfield Arm”…was also named by MLB Pipeline as the No. 41 overall prospect in baseball.
2022
Combined to hit .273 (123-for-451) with 92R, 23 doubles, seven triples, 16 HR, 59 RBI, 72 BB and 37 SB in 120 combined games with Single-A Tampa, High-A Hudson Valley and Double-A Somerset… led all Yankees Minor Leaguers in runs scored, ranked second in hits, triples and total bases (208), third in walks, tied for third in XBH (46) and tied for fourth in stolen bases…began the season with Tampa, hitting .265 (73-for-275) with 54 R, 17 doubles, two triples, nine HR, 36 RBI, 46 BB and 19 SB in 75 games…set a season-high seven-game hitting streak from 6/16-23, hitting .367/.457/.567 (11-for-30) with six runs, three doubles, one HR, five RBI, five BB and three SB in that span (also recorded a seven-game hitting streak from 7/3-12)…played in the SiriusXM All-Star Futures Game in Los Angeles on 7/16, starting in CF (1-for-2, one run, one HR, two RBI)…was promoted to High-A Hudson Valley on 7/22 and hit .306 (48-for-157) with 33 R, six doubles, four triples, six HR, 22 RBI, 23 BB and 17 SB in 40 games…tied a career high with four hits including his first career multi-HR game on 9/10 at Wilmington…was named the South Atlantic League “Player of the Week” for 9/5-11 after he hit .400 (8-for-20) with five runs, one triple, three HR, six RBI and four BB…was promoted to Somerset on 9/13, playing in five games…in five postseason games with Somerset, hit .450 (9-for-20) with seven runs, one double, three HR, 10 RBI and five BB…reached base five times and hit two HR (one from each side of the plate) in the Eastern League championship game vs. Erie (3-for-4, two runs, two HR, six RBI, two BB)… following the season, was tabbed as the No. 47 overall prospect by MLB Pipeline…was also tabbed by Baseball America as the No. 3 prospect in the Yankees organization and the No. 67 prospect in baseball…was named an Organization All-Star by MiLB.com…was named a Florida State League Postseason All-Star and the FSL’s “Top MLB Prospect”…played for the Mesa Solar Sox in the Arizona Fall League, hitting .159 (11-for-69) with nine runs, four doubles, three RBI, eight BB and five SB in 20 games…was named an AFL Fall Star.
2021
Made his professional debut, combining to hit .252 (52-for-206) with 31R, 9 doubles, 1 triple, 5HR, 19RBI, 27BB and 9SB in 56 games between the FCL Yankees (7G) and Low-A Tampa (49G)…played in the SiriusXM All-Star Futures Game in Colorado…following the season, was rated as the Yankees’ No. 3 prospect and the No. 87 overall prospect by Baseball America…was also tabbed by Baseball America as the No. 7 prospect in the Low-A Southeast League.
2020
Following the season, was named the Yankees’ No. 1 prospect and No. 33 overall prospect by Baseball America…was also tabbed by the publication as the “Best Power Hitter,” “Fastest Baserunner,” “Best Athlete,” “Best Defensive Outfielder” and as having the “Best Outfield Arm” among Yankees farmhands.
2018
Following the season, was named the Yankees’ No. 1 prospect and No. 38 overall prospect by Baseball America…was tabbed by MLB Pipeline as the No. 2 Yankees prospect and No. 66 overall prospect.
