Jasson Domínguez
Dominican baseball player (born 2003)
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Jasson Domínguez González (/ˈdʒeɪsən/; born February 7, 2003), nicknamed El Marciano or The Martian, is a Dominican professional baseball outfielder for the New York Yankees of Major League Baseball (MLB). He signed with the Yankees in 2019, and made his MLB debut in 2023.
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| Jasson Domínguez | |
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Domínguez with the Leones del Escogido in 2025 | |
| New York Yankees – No. 24 | |
| Outfielder | |
| Born: February 7, 2003 Esperanza, Dominican Republic | |
Bats: Switch Throws: Right | |
| MLB debut | |
| September 1, 2023, for the New York Yankees | |
| MLB statistics (through 2025 season) | |
| Batting average | .248 |
| Home runs | 16 |
| Runs batted in | 58 |
| Stats at Baseball Reference | |
| Teams | |
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Early life
Domínguez was born in Esperanza, a municipality of the Valverde Province in the Dominican Republic on February 7, 2003.[1] He is the second of six children born to Félix Domínguez and Dorca González. Félix is a former baseball player and a fan of the New York Yankees of Major League Baseball (MLB). Félix named his son after Yankees first baseman Jason Giambi.[2]
Domínguez began to train for a career in baseball at the age of eight.[3] He signed with trainer Iván Noboa at age 13.[2] Domínguez played as a catcher before transitioning into a center fielder.[4] He is considered to be a five-tool player.[5] During his training, someone referred to him as "El Marciano", Spanish for "the Martian", because his talent was not of this world.[2] Several workout videos that he posted on social media went viral,[6] earning him comparisons to Mickey Mantle, Bo Jackson, and Mike Trout.[7]
Baseball career
Minor leagues
MLB.com ranked Domínguez as the top prospect eligible to sign with an MLB team in the 2019–2020 international class.[8] He signed with the Yankees for a franchise record $5.1 million signing bonus on July 2, 2019,[9] receiving the majority of the Yankees' $5.4 million total allotment for international signings for the year.[10][11] He did not play in 2020 due to the cancellation of the minor league baseball season resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic, and instead trained at a baseball academy in Santiago.[12][13]
Domínguez began the 2021 season in extended spring training.[14] In June, he made his professional baseball debut with the Florida Complex League Yankees of the Rookie-level Florida Complex League. He was selected to represent the Yankees in the 2021 All-Star Futures Game. Domínguez became the first prospect to appear in the All-Star Futures Game without having played a full-season in the minor league.[15] The Yankees promoted Domínguez to the Tampa Tarpons of the Low-A Southeast League after the Futures Game; he had batted 4-for-20 (.200) with six strikeouts and six walks in the Florida Complex League.[16] Domínguez batted .258 with five home runs and 18 runs batted in (RBIs) in 49 games played.[17]
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Domínguez began the 2022 season with Tampa.[18] He appeared in the 2022 All-Star Futures Game, and was then promoted to the Hudson Valley Renegades of the High-A South Atlantic League.[19][20] When Hudson Valley's season ended, the Yankees promoted Domínguez to the Somerset Patriots of the Double-A Eastern League for their last few regular season games and their postseason.[21]
In 2023, the Yankees invited Domínguez to spring training as a non-roster player[22] and assigned him to Somerset to begin the season.[23] The Yankees promoted him to the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders of the Triple–A International League on August 22.[24] After the season, he won the Eastern League Top MLB Prospect Award.[25]
New York Yankees
On September 1, 2023, the Yankees promoted Domínguez to the major leagues.[26] He made his major league debut that day against the Houston Astros and hit a home run off the first swing in his first at bat against Justin Verlander. With that home run, Domínguez became the youngest player in team history to hit a home run in his major league debut and the fifth youngest player in MLB history to do so in their first plate appearance.[27] He hit four home runs in eight games.[28] On September 10, Domínguez was diagnosed with a torn ulnar collateral ligament, requiring Tommy John surgery. Prior to his injury, he batted 8-for-31 (.258) with four home runs in eight games.[29]
Domínguez began the 2024 season on the 60-day injured list to continue recovery from elbow surgery.[30] After a rehabilitation assignment began in May, the Yankees activated Domínguez from the injured list and optioned him to Scranton/Wilkes-Barre on June 12.[31] However, on June 20, manager Aaron Boone announced that Domínguez would be out up to eight weeks after suffering a "pretty significant" oblique strain.[32] He returned to Scranton/Wilkes-Barre on July 26.[33] On August 18, the Yankees selected Domínguez as their 27th man for the Little League Classic; he batted 0-for-4 with three strikeouts and returned to the RailRiders after the game.[34] On September 9, the Yankees promoted Domínguez to the major league roster.[35] He batted .179 in 56 at bats and struggled defensively as a left fielder.[36]
On May 9, 2025, Domínguez became the youngest Yankee to hit three home runs in a game, playing against the Athletics at their temporary home field in Sacramento. Dominguez hit two home runs batting left-handed (including a grand slam) and one from the right side, recording 7 RBIs in a 3–4 night.[37] This was just the third switch-hit, three home-run game, that included a grand slam in Major League history,[a][38] On May 21, Dominguez hit his first major league walk-off home run, taking Texas Rangers pitcher Luke Jackson deep to claim a 4–3 victory. This was also the Yankees' first walk-off homer since 2022.[39]
On March 20, 2026, the Yankees optioned Domínguez to Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre to start the regular season.[40][41]
See also
Notes
- Preceded by Eddie Murray on August 26, 1985, and by Bill Mueller on July 29, 2003.