Yankees rookie Jasson Dominguez hits a home run in first-ever Major League at-bat (off future Hall of Famer Justin Verlander!) during debut vs Astros

  • Yankees catcher Austin Wells also made his major league debut vs the Astros
  • Dominguez’s two-run home run came on his first swing of the bat in the majors
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New York Yankees highly-touted prospect Jasson Dominguez recorded his first home run on his first swing of the bat during his Major League debit against the Houston Astros.

The 20-year-old Domínguez is expected to be the team´s everyday center fielder after Harrison Bader was claimed off waivers by the Cincinnati Reds. 

Yankees manager Aaron Boone vividly remembers the poise and confidence a 16-year-old Domínguez displayed when he watched him take batting practice at the team´s academy in the Dominican Republic in 2019.

Domínguez wowed everyone Friday night, hitting a two-run homer off Houston ace Justin Verlander in his first major league at-bat.

He was not the only rookie to make waves in his MLB debut as cross-town rival New York Mets rookie Ronny Mauricio recorded two hits in his first big-league game. The first of the two was a double that had a 117.3 mph exit velocity and registered as not only the Mets hardest hit ball of the season but also the 11 hardest in MLB this season.

New York Yankees rookie Jasson Dominguez hit a home run during his MLB debut vs Houston

New York Yankees rookie Jasson Dominguez hit a home run during his MLB debut vs Houston

Domingez's family were caught on camera celebrating his fantastic first MLB at bat

Domingez’s family were caught on camera celebrating his fantastic first MLB at bat 

The 20-year-old also made an impact in the outfield during his major league debut

The 20-year-old also made an impact in the outfield during his major league debut

At just 20 years, 206 days old, Domínguez became the youngest Yankees player to homer in his first career game. 

He was the first Yankees player to go deep in his initial big league at-bat since Aaron Judge on August 13, 2016.

After Domínguez swatted his opposite-field home run to the short porch in left off a three-time Cy Young Award winner twice his age, TV cameras panned to his family, who screamed and jumped around after watching the ball leave the yard for a 3-0 lead in the first inning.

Four years after Boone saw him taking batting practice as a teenager, the highly touted prospect was a huge hit in his big league debut. 

The switch-hitting outfielder and another promising youngster, catcher Austin Wells, were called up from the minors by the last-place Yankees when rosters expanded Friday.

Domínguez joins the team after playing just nine games at Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre this season. He hit .419 with two doubles and 10 RBIs there after batting .254 with 15 homers and 66 RBIs in 109 games for Double-A Somerset.

Catcher Austin Wells also made his major league debut in the game against the Astros

Catcher Austin Wells also made his major league debut in the game against the Astros 

The 24-year-old Wells singled off Verlander in his first plate appearance. Wells hit .254 with five homers and 20 RBIs in 33 games for Scranton/Wilkes-Barre. He was a first-round draft pick out of Arizona in 2020.

Domínguez had a bunch of friends and family members in Houston for Friday night’s game, including his mother and father and some aunts and uncles.

He said he’s always dreamed of playing in the majors, but he tries to focus on the present rather than worry too much about the future.

‘I concentrate a lot on my day to day and on what I need to do to keep improving or if there´s a certain skill that I´ve got to improve,’ he said. ‘So, to me, I try to keep it very simple. But now we´re here in the big leagues and now I have a chance to taste some of the league and try to keep learning from it.’

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