Yankees Aaron Boone sheds light on potential Opening Day lineup decisions

The Yankees’ Opening Day lineup card has gained a bit more clarity.During an appearance Tuesday on WFAN, Aaron Boone shed light on several configuration questions, notably:— Jasson Dominguez likely will shift from his natural center field to left field, leaving Cody Bellinger to predominantly play center.— There is more uncertainty concerning the club’s infield arrangement — they still can add a piece — but the Yankees manager said “right now” Jazz Chisholm Jr.would be his second baseman, leaving a competition at third base.—  A “number of guys” could hit leadoff — which is another way of saying the team at the moment does not have a true leadoff hitter — and Boone is open to using multiple No.

1 hitters depending upon the matchup.The Yankees, who are in a holding pattern with Marcus Stroman and the $18 million he is due next season, still have a couple of weeks of the offseason and all of camp to tinker, but the most significant development Tuesday entailed the outfield layout. “We’ll try and get Dominguez up to speed in left,” Boone said on the “BT and Sal” show.“Bellinger probably in center, with [Trent] Grisham in the mix there, too.”Dominguez came up through the Yankees system as a promising center fielder and has added some experience in left over the past few years.

He predominantly played left in his September audition last season and looked lost, several mishaps making the club’s decision to stick with Alex Verdugo in the postseason an easy one.Dominguez had played 58 total games in the minors as a left fielder (compared with 239 as a center fielder), and the Yankees are hoping more reps during camp will help his transition.Planting Dominguez in left field essentially grants him a position and lineup spot and leaves center for a rotation of defenders.Bellinger, a veteran and strong athlete who has bounced from center to right to first base in his career, is better suited to move around, Boone said.If Aaron Jud...