If Alex Verdugo grounders because hes beat up, as Aaron Boone says, thats yet another reason to call up top outfield prospect Ja son Dominguez. The decision to beyond the Sept. 1 roster expansion date confounds many (including some Yankees people). And for most, word that it was made because GM Brian Cashman and Boone continue to have faith in Verdugo doesn Wendell Carter Jersey t make it very much better. Boone mentioned a pre-September conversation among Yankees higher-ups about whether to promote Dominguez, and insiders say it was a very spirited dialogue, with multiple executives strongly arguing for promotion, obviously unsucce sfully. Alex Verdugo has the faith of Aaron Boone and Brian Cashman. Robert Sabo for the NY Post Ja son Dominguez is still at the Triple-A level. Charles Wenzelberg / New York Post It isnt that Cashman and Boone arent huge fans of Dominguez, whos hitting .310 with an .870 OPS in the minors. They are. The Martian was held out of trade talks for Blake Snell and even for Juan Soto. The i sue is Cashman and Boone seem to have surprising, outsized confidence in Verdugo. Recall that Boone advocated for Verdugo for more than a year before he was acquired for reliever Greg Wei sert and two minor leaguers. I wrote June 15 that the Yankees got the better of this deal, but with 85% of his contracted tenure played now, Ill admit I was quick to judge. Though Verdugo has played an excellent left field, he has far underperformed expectations offensively and nearly everyone in MLB lately with a .547 OPS since June 15 (third worst among players with 200 plate appearances) and .655 overall. He recently told Randy Miller of the Newark Star-Ledger that an may have been hindering him, and maybe this is all part of the Verdugo experience weve heard about. Brian Cashman (l.) and Aaron Boone (r.) Robert Sabo for the NY Post The slugger Dominguez carries the potential to make a scary lineup even scarier. The return of Giancarlo Stanton and prescient deadline pickup of Jazz Chisholm Jr. lengthened what at times degenerated into a two-superstar lineup, but Dominguez makes it a potential Murderers Row. Dominguez should be up. But in the meantime, a .650 OPS hitter needs to run out grounders. Chandler Hutchison Jersey