Jasson Dominguez and Oswaldo Cabrera are in the spotlight and can prove Yankees right

Join Post Sports+ for exciting subscriber-only features, including real-time texting with Greg Joyce about the inside buzz on the Yankees.A busy Yankees offseason included adding a potential ace in Max Fried (who has essentially replaced Gerrit Cole), replacing Anthony Rizzo with Paul Goldschmidt, replacing right fielder Juan Soto with center fielder Cody Bellinger to push Aaron Judge to right, and replacing Clay Holmes with Devin Williams. The Yankees did not pull the trigger in landing external replacements in two notable spots: left field and third base. When the curtain goes up Thursday in The Bronx, where they chose inaction will take center stage. Jasson Domínguez is expected to be the club’s seventh different Opening Day starting left fielder in the past seven years, and Oswaldo Cabrera likely will get the nod at third base as the team’s confidence in its youth will receive its first test. Domínguez flunked his first test in left field — he looked lost last September, which ensured Alex Verdugo was the left fielder for October — but an offseason and spring training of reps at the spot has brought more confidence to the 22-year-old top prospect and his team. There were issues early during the Grapefruit League season, when he misplayed a few balls, but those lowlights were gone over the last few weeks of play. “I think the work we’re seeing is mostly really good,” manager Aaron Boone said of Domínguez, who, against Brewers righty Freddy Peralta, figures to follow Giancarlo Stanton, Brett Gardner, Clint Frazier, Joey Gallo, Cabrera and Verdugo as the most recent Opening Day left fielders.

“I think his routes have been good lately — real direct routes.And when he does that, you see the speed, and he’s able to really eat up ground that most guys that play out there don’t. “And then it’s just completing plays … I feel like that continues to improve.” It is possible more growing pains will surface during the season, bu...