Yahoo Sports reports that CLEVELAND — The New York Yankees began experimenting with Jasson Domínguez in right field on Tuesday, sticking him there as he continued a rehab assignment with Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre.
Domínguez, working his way back from an AC joint sprain, had only played one professional game in right field prior to that, and he’s only played center and left in the majors.
But with Aaron Judge on the injured list with a fractured rib and Cody Bellinger playing elite defense in left field — the harder and more expansive corner spot at Yankee Stadium — the Bombers figured it wouldn’t hurt to have the defensively-limited Domínguez try right field.
“The reports yesterday are that he was very comfortable doing it, which is good,” Aaron Boone said before the Yankees’ series-sweeping, 8-4 win over the Guardians on Wednesday.
“Seems like it went off without a hitch.
His pregame work was apparently good, too, and I think he was happy to do it to add to the different ways he can help us.” The manager added that Domínguez was expected to play right again Wednesday night.