Jasson "the Martian" Dominguez Has Landed Back On The Injured List

Even if The Martian wasn’t going to land in the Bronx right away for action, this isn’t the news we wanted to hear after he just finished a rehab assignment. It’s like Murphy’s Law knocking on your door at the worst possible time. Granted, for us as fans it’s not the worst timing, but for Dominguez it is. He was just getting back into action after Tommy John surgery so talk about terrible timing and a big disappointment.

So far, the Yankees know it is a left side or oblique injury that stemmed from a check swing in Saturday’s game, read more HERE. The injury happened when Dominguez “kind of took an awkward check swing and continued on in the at-bat,” and their concern “was enough to put him on the IL right away at least,” said Aaron Boone.

Just another piece of unfortunate news that stinks. I’m not saying it stinks because we won’t see him on the big league stage. We already knew that wasn’t happening right now since he has no place on the team but he should have that opportunity later this season. Since there is no place for him on the team right now, I had someone tell me this “injury setback” is irrelevant. Interesting….

But see, it’s not irrelevant if he can’t stay healthy and make it back to the big league, right? Seriously, it’s something to think about considering the frustrating injury history this team has. The Yankees have not been bitten too badly by the injury bug thus far…..but it always creeps in my mind. We need the injury bug to stay away from all of our guys not just Dominguez. I say that after watching Anthony Rizzo have a collision at first base last night and then exit the game. Now I pray to the baseball gods that the injury bug stays away.

So, hopefully this “setback” for Dominguez doesn’t translate to a lot of missed time. Even though he is not on the major league roster, we need him to get those regular at bats in Triple-A to get ready for his big-league return. He’s a big important part of our future….so we don’t want to have these lengthy delays.

Fingers crossed for good news…. get well soon, Martian.

–Jeana Bellezza-Ochoa