Jasson Dominguez settling into left field role as Yankees opening day inches closer

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He still will have to prove himself over again once the regular season starts, but in five short weeks, Domínguez already feels much better about left field than he did at the start of camp. “It’s a big difference,” Domínguez said Thursday.“It’s a big difference, for sure.

The more games and reps there that I take, the more comfortable I feel.” The Yankees wanted Domínguez to earn the left field job this spring, and with just a few days left in camp, he has all but wrapped it up without much trouble.The 22-year-old had some adventures in left during the first week of camp, when he lost a ball in the sun, took some inefficient routes and looked slightly uncomfortable on at least a few other balls. There were questions about whether the Yankees should just have Domínguez return to his natural spot in center field and have Cody Bellinger play left, but the team wanted to give Domínguez a full runway in left before changing course if needed at the end of camp.

With Thursday marking a week from Opening Day, it does not appear that a late switch will be necessary. “I’ve really been excited about his routes.[They] have been really good,” manager Aaron Boone said Thursday at Ed Smith Stadium before the Yankees played the Orioles.

“He’s gotten to some balls that not a lot of people get to.Even a couple plays he hasn’t made, go back and look at them, they’re low-percentage plays that most people don’t even get there.

He’s doing a really good job with that.  S...