Yankees Jasson Dominguez showing major improvement in the field: Keeps getting better

Join Post Sports+ for exciting subscriber-only features, including real-time texting with Greg Joyce about the inside buzz on the Yankees.Jasson Domínguez’s 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. But the Yankees have kept him out there and in Monday’s 4-1 win over the Royals in The Bronx, Domínguez looked better than he ever has — especially in tracking down Salvador Perez’s line drive to deep left off Carlos Carrasco to open the fourth inning with the Yankees down by a run. Domínguez later made a nice play on Jonathan India’s drive to the warning track to lead off the sixth. “He keeps getting better,’’ Aaron Boone said.

“Those were two really good ones.What I like is the ease of the routes.

That’s where, since the start of the season, he’s grown.He’s using the right footwork and moves to the ball.” Domínguez said he’s still getting accustomed to not being in center, where he said there’s more space to run. Despite the improvements, Boone still removed Domínguez for Cody Bellinger, who pinch hit for Domínguez in the bottom of the eighth and finished the game in left. Bellinger was held out of the starting lineup for the fourth time in the first 16 games. 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’s absence was due more to the schedule and that they are in the fourth day of 13 straight without an off-day. “I’m trying to manage him through this 13 days in a row,” Boone said.

“And it’s April, he had a back thing and is still getting treatment there.” Boone added Bellinger is “doing well.I just want to pick some spots here.” 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-ba...