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Jasson Dom\u00ednguez\u2019s play in left field so far in his career has left a lot to be desired, from bad jumps to awkward routes that made it hard to picture him sticking in the spot.\u00a0<\/p>\n
But the Yankees have kept him out there and in Monday\u2019s 4-1 win over the Royals in The Bronx, Dom\u00ednguez looked better than he ever has \u2014 especially in tracking down Salvador Perez\u2019s line drive to deep left off Carlos Carrasco to open the fourth inning with the Yankees down by a run.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Dom\u00ednguez later made a nice play on Jonathan India\u2019s drive to the warning track to lead off the sixth.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cHe keeps getting better,\u2019\u2019 Aaron Boone said. \u201cThose were two really good ones. What I like is the ease of the routes. That\u2019s where, since the start of the season, he\u2019s grown. He\u2019s using the right footwork and moves to the ball.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Dom\u00ednguez said he\u2019s still getting accustomed to not being in center, where he said there\u2019s more space to run.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Despite the improvements, Boone still removed Dom\u00ednguez for Cody Bellinger, who pinch hit for Dom\u00ednguez in the bottom of the eighth and finished the game in left.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Bellinger was held out of the starting lineup for the fourth time in the first 16 games.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Bellinger, acquired in a trade from the Cubs in December, has dealt with back tightness and food poisoning already this year, although Boone said Monday\u2019s absence was due more to the schedule and that they are in the fourth day of 13 straight without an off-day.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m trying to manage him through this 13 days in a row,\u201d Boone said. \u201cAnd it\u2019s April, he had a back thing and is still getting treatment there.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Boone added Bellinger is \u201cdoing well. I just want to pick some spots here.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Bellinger may also get another game off when the team goes to Cleveland in a week, according to Boone, with Boone trying to get Trent Grisham more at-bats.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s important that [Grisham] continues to play,\u201d Boone said of the center fielder, who homered Monday.\u00a0<\/p>\n
It\u2019s all part of what\u2019s been a slow start from the inconsistent Bellinger, who has just two extra-base hits \u2014 as well as a whopping 15 strikeouts \u2014 in 53 plate appearances.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Luke Weaver has been excellent in six appearances out of the bullpen, including a scoreless inning Monday, but his velocity has been down noticeably from a year ago, with his four-seamer dipping from an average of 95.7 mph to 92.9 mph and his cutter going from 91.3 to 87.7, according to Statcast.\u00a0<\/p>\n
But it ticked up against the Royals, which Boone said before the game he believed would happen as Weaver got into the flow of the season.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Weaver was part of a bullpen effort that held Kansas City scoreless for four innings Monday and hasn\u2019t allowed an earned run in the past 11 \u00b9\/\u2083 innings.\u00a0<\/p>\n
One recent bright spot in the rotation was Will Warren, who picked up his first MLB win in his last outing. <\/p>\n
Despite the decreased importance of that stat in recent years, the 25-year-old said it still carries weight.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s a big deal to get it,\u2019\u2019 Warren said. \u201cIt means you went long enough and pitched well enough to keep your team in the game. The guys in here that have a lot of them are really good.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
The struggling Marcus Stroman received a cortisone shot in his balky left knee Sunday and, depending on how he responds from that, will start to throw.\u00a0<\/p>\n
And Luis Gil, sidelined at least until June with a lat strain, could start a throwing program Wednesday or Thursday if he gets the OK from the doctors.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Without Gil, Gerrit Cole and Clarke Schmidt, Boone acknowledged the starting rotation has walked too many batters overall, \u201cespecially down in the order.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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