Why Yankees are putting up with Jasson Dominguezs left field adventure: Dont need reminders

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He is a natural center fielder who is learning a new position, with more lessons ahead, and who only turned 22 last month.The bat, the Yankees hope, will be worth any growing pains that surface in the field this season.Thursday provided another reminder that Domínguez’s swing has a sky-high ceiling that has been hyped since his first day in the organization.“I don’t need reminding,” manager Aaron Boone said with a smile after a loud Domínguez afternoon in an 8-6 win over the Tigers at Joker Marchant Stadium.

“He’s got that capability [of hitting well].I think he’s got the ability to control the strike zone, hit with power to all places.”Domínguez stepped to bat four times and did something notable in each.

There was a six-pitch walk against lefty Andrew Chafin, a strong plate appearance from the switch-hitting Domínguez’s weaker right side.There was a seven-pitch battle against old friend Tommy Kahnle, who eventually got Domínguez swinging over his changeup.

There was a 105.7-mph rocket that nearly decapitated opposing pitcher Jackson Jobe in what became a hard-hit ground out.And there was the fourth-inning at-bat against Jobe — the No.5 prospect in all of baseball — in which Domínguez jumped on a changeup low in the zone and lifted it deep over the right-field fence for his second homer of a spring in which he started slowly and has found results in his past six games.“He makes a lot of really loud contact,” was the scouting report from starter Max Fried.

“Every time that he swings the bat, it’s aggressive from both sides of the plate.”At the major league level, Domínguez showed flashes...