Jasson Dominguez’s tough luck continues.
The young Yankees outfielder was forced to leave Thursday afternoon’s rubber match with the Texas Rangers in the top of the first with an apparent injury.
Dominguez went racing back on a Brandon Nimmo liner to deep left, and he went down in significant pain after crashing his head/shoulder hard into the outfield fence.
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The 23-year-old remained down for several moments as the training staff rushed out.
He was eventually able to get back up to his feet, but was visibly emotional as he was carted off.
This is just the latest tough blow for Dominguez, who has been hampered by the injury-bug early in his career.
The youngster was finally able to stay healthy last season and put together a strong showing, but he ended up in the minors to begin this year with no spot for him on the depth chart out of camp.
Dominguez didn’t let the demotion get to him, as he got off to a scorching hot start to the Triple-A season, and was called up at the beginning of the month with Giancarlo Stanton landing on the IL.
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He was able to carry over that success, lifting a double and two homers over his first eight games back with the Yanks, but it appears he could now be at risk of missing some time of his own.
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