Jasson Dominguez is regarded as one of the most celebrated Minor League prospects in recent memory, with sky-high expectations accompanying his professional debut this past season. In Yankees general manager Brian Cashman’s view, the switch-hitting wunderkind lived up to the hype.
Dominguez played in seven games for a Rookie-ball team before jumping to Low-A Tampa, where he batted .258/.346/.398 with nine doubles, a triple, five homers and 18 RBIs in 49 games. Cashman said that he believes only a select group of prospects would be capable of handling a similar jump to a full-season league as an 18-year-old.
“His work ethic is exceptional; his will to be successful is exceptional,” Cashman said recently. “When you engage all the departments, whether it’s player development, performance science, the measurables that come along with it -- he’s basically an anomaly, something that doesn’t come along very often.”
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