Jasson Domínguez joined the Yankees on Saturday from Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre, the place he was on a robust run on the plate — however nonetheless not sufficient to be the most popular hitter on the staff.
That title belonged to Anthony Volpe, who entered Saturday having crushed 5 house runs in his previous 5 video games — a span wherein he was hitting 12-for-17 (.706) with a 2.527 OPS — and eight in his previous 14 video games.
“He turned Barry Bonds hastily, hitting a homer every single day,” Domínguez mentioned with a smile. “It’s loopy.”
Since he was demoted to Triple-A and changed by George Lombard Jr. final month, Volpe has been bouncing round between shortstop, second base and third base to offer him some defensive flexibility and enhance his possibilities of getting again to the Yankees ought to they undergo an harm.
Within the meantime, although, Volpe, , who went 1-for-3 with two walks in Scranton/Wilkes-Barre’s loss on Saturday night time, has been beating up on Triple-A pitching after hitting only one house run in 56 massive league video games this season.
“He’s working his ass off to get higher, and you may see it every single day, I’m telling you,” mentioned Domínguez, who entered Saturday’s recreation within the sixth inning in proper subject and went 0-for-1 with an extended flyout to heart subject. “I really feel just like the final two weeks, he’s hit a homer every single day.”
