BN: Jasson Dominguez has a Torn UCL

Jasson Dominguez was pulled moments ahead of the game today. Breaking news is that he has a torn right UCL. Surgery possible.

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Quick Thoughts:

Just a day after Luis Severino was placed on the 15-Day IL with a left upper body injury that will sideline him for the remainder of the 2023 season (and will likely end his Yankees career as he is a free agent this offseason), the Yankees are getting hit hard with more injury news.

Jasson Dominguez was pulled just a short time ahead of the final game in the Yankees-Brewers weekend series with what was being called some "right elbow soreness". Now, just over an hour after the time ended we're learning from manager Aaron Boone that Domiguez has torn his right UCL.

Dominguez is the 4th Yankees position player in the last few years to have this injury, following the likes of Gleyber Torres (while he was in the minors), Didi Gregorius, and Aaron Hicks.

This same injury also happened recently to Bryce Harper and Shohei Ohtani (though for Ohtani it was likely due to his pitching). The hope is that if Tommy John surgery is necessary that Dominguez will be able to rehab quickly- as the UCL is not extremely necessary to hit- though, with the Yankees having players like Giancarlo Stanton and Aaron Judge (along with other aging guys like Anthony Rizzo and DJ LeMahieu) it will be hard for them to keep Dominguez to a DH-only role in that scenario in the MLB.

Ultimately, my quick feelings are that this is going to be the last of Dominguez we see in the major leagues even through most of next season. The Yankees are not built well enough to hold around another DH-only type. This will mean Dominiguez will have to spend the year rehabbing his elbow to be able to get back into the field while hitting in Triple-A. (If the Yankees even decide to allow him to hit during his recovery.)

What terrible news.