YANKEE BRASS FEELS THE PRESSURE, CALL UP DOMINGUEZ!

Well, in fairness to the Yankee organization's wallet, bringing up Jasson Dominguez will sell more tickets these days considering Aaron Judge has slowed in hitting home runs.  

I mean, the outcry of Yankee fans everywhere was the reason for the move.  Brian Cashman saying that their team thought it was smart to leave Dominguez down was just him trying to get ahead of it, suggesting they made the right choice. But in reality, it was a colossal mistake to leave Dominguez down and clearly someone with a brain in their head convinced Hal to bring the kid up.  And guess what, they did. Case closed.

The New York Post writes:

"Jasson Dominguez has been called up, The Post’s Jon Heyman confirmed, ahead of Monday’s series opener in The Bronx against the Royals.

Jon Berti also was set to be activated, with Duke Ellis already optioned Sunday.

The Yankees also placed infielder DJ LeMahieu on the 10-day injured list, retroactive to Sept. 6., with a right hip impingement."

Now that idiot Aaron Boone will come out at some point today and say that "the decision to bring up Dominguez was already in the works", or "I don't get involved in those decisions" or something stupid like that.  Trust me, any beat reporter that asks that moron anything deserves to get a word salad answer.  Ignore that guy. The fact of the matter is the Yankees felt pressure to do the right thing.  Someone in that building knew that the entire Yankee universe wanted Jasson up.  It was a social media frenzy. It had to happen.

And once again the Yankees do what they do best, mess up and then gaslight us into believing it was all them. The truth is the Yankee fans are running this team when it comes to personnel decisions whether you believe it or not.  Now if we can just get players to start hitting and winning consistently... then we'd have something.

JASSON DOMINGUEZ SNUBBED FOR ANOTHER OUTFIELD CALL UP!

OH MAN. Rosters expanded and the Yankees called up another outfielder....but it wasn't Jasson Dominguez. It was the Yankees perfect opportunity to call up the organization's top prospect and strengthen the outfield, but that chance goes to someone else.

That someone else is Duke Ellis, a 26 year old outfielder and pinch runner that the Yankees claimed off waivers from the Mariners last week. Ellis has only made eight appearances in the majors this season, so it's really strange that the Yankees would pass up the opportunity to bring back their top prospect to big league action after he impressed everyone last season. Aaron Boone tried to give an explanation, you can read that HERE but here's the summary:

"He's just a great runner and with the extra [roster] spot, pick your spot," Boone said of using Ellis as a pinch-runner. "He can really defend in the outfield, so it added a little flexibility to the roster."

Ellis, the great runner has bounced around this season going from the White Sox, to the Mets, then the Mariners and now us. He's the better option to Dominguez? All we need is a runner? That's going to take this team to the next level, especially with a struggling Alex Verdugo. This is the championship caliber team now! Right....

Verdugo has been in a landslide sized slump since June. Boone calls him "unlucky" but even with A LOT more luck on his side, he's not that good. It's September, and the end of the regular season will be here before we know it. We have no more time for games and stupidity. The promotion of Ellis over Dominguez with Verdugo still getting reps in left field is just insanity.

Three weeks ago we wrote THE YANKEES ARE IN A TOUGH SPOT WITH JASSON DOMINGUEZ! and we shared how Brian Cashman said "there's currently no lane for us to bring him in" and now it's just infuriating. Funny how there was no lane to bring Dominguez up but there is one for a non-difference maker like Ellis.

The Yankees talk a lot about having a “championship caliber roster.” I haven't bought that story at all BUT every day that passes with Dominguez still in the minors it means the Yankees do not have their best 28 players in the show because they are using spare parts instead. That is not what a "championship caliber roster" is made of.

--Jeana Bellezza-Ochoa

BYB Senior Managing Editor

Twitter: @nyprincessj

DUKE ELLIS WILL BE SOLID FOR YANKEE STOLEN BASES

 As we head into September, it's starting to get interesting. First off, the Yankees schedule looks like they can dominate.  Who knows if this will really happen, I mean, it looks like that on paper.  But things are starting to ignite again just like it did when they were red hot this spring. 

One thing the Yankees did do was add a piece that could be important down the stretch and that is hopefully getting more stolen bases.

CBS Sports writes:

"The Yankees claimed Ellis off waivers from the Mariners...The speedy outfielder has slashed just .235/.315/.336 across his various stops in the minors this season but has stolen 51 bases in 54 attempts."

Small piece of info here but important.  If the Yankees can get this guy on base, this guy can score, most likely easier than anyone else on the team.  I mean, have you seen Trent Grisham's running abilities? How about Stanton? I'm just saying, we need a speedster... this is a nice move.

Crossing my fingers for this move to make waves.