New York Yankees switch hitting left fielder Jasson Dominguez cracked three home runs in their 10-2 win in Sacramento, Calif. against the Athletics at Sutter Health Park on Friday night and became the youngest player in franchise history at 22 years and 91 days old to accomplish this historic feat, which was previously set by Joe DiMaggio at 22 years, 200 days old in 1937.
Dominguez ended the night in his four at-bats, scoring three runs, with his three hits being three blasts, seven RBIs, and striking out once during his performance.
According to Theo DeRosa of MLB.com, “Domínguez became the first Yankee since Aaron Hicks in 2018 with a three-homer game that included homers from both sides. He’s the third player in MLB history to do that with a grand slam, a feat previously accomplished by Bill Mueller in 2003.”
Dominguez heading into Saturday afternoon has played in 32 games to begin the 2025 season with 124 plate appearances, hitting .250/.339/.463, pounding 27 hits, eight doubles, five home runs, 19 RBI, swiping three bases, 14 walks, and 38 strikeouts.
The 22-year old slugger from Esperanza, Dominican Republic is making a strong case to represent his nation in the 2026 World Baseball Classic, when they will go up against Venezuela, Nicaragua, Israel and the Netherlands from March 6-11 in Pool D at loanDepot Park in Miami, Fla.
Dominguez hit his first home run of the game in the top of the third inning with a solo home run over the right field wall that traveled 398 feet from a 89.6 mph changeup off of starting pitcher Osvaldo Bido after Paul Goldschmidt launched his fourth home run of the year over the center field fence.
The Martian makes it back-to-back 👽 pic.twitter.com/kRlCUJuRKg
— New York Yankees (@Yankees) May 10, 2025
His second home run came in the top of the seventh inning off of southpaw reliever Hogan Harris for another solo jack over the center field wall, which went 431 feet from a first pitch 73 mph curveball.
The Martian is Mashing 🚨 pic.twitter.com/gS71F2CLE5
— New York Yankees (@Yankees) May 10, 2025
The third and final home run of the game for Dominguez came in the top of the eighth inning when he launched a grand slam over the right-center field fence and traveled 387 feet from a 97.6 mph four-seam fastball off of reliever Elvis Alvarado.
He did the Martian SLAM 🛸 pic.twitter.com/xitnYRavja
— New York Yankees (@Yankees) May 10, 2025
The Yankees pitching staff contributed to quiet the Athletics bats on Friday night with starter Will Warren and relievers Mark Leiter Jr. and Yerry De los Santos combining for nine innings, allowing seven hits, two earned runs, one walk, and eight strikeouts.
Dominguez made his Major League Baseball debut on September 1, 2023 against the Houston Astros on the road prior to him being placed on the 60-day injured list on September 30, 2023 with a right UCL tear.
After his Tommy John Surgery he was sent to his rehab assignment with Low-A Tampa on May 14, 2024 prior to him being sent to Double-A Somerset on May 21, 2024.
Dominguez was later sent to Triple-A Scranton to complete his full progression of his rehab on June 4, 2024 prior to him making his way back with the Yankees.
Between Low-A Tampa, Double-A Somerset, and Triple-A Scranton, Dominguez played in 58 games and batted .314/.376/.504 with 250 plate appearances, collecting 71 hits, eight doubles, one triple, 11 home runs, 35 RBI, 16 stolen bases, 22 walks, and 50 strikeouts, before he was called back up by the Yankees on August 18, 2024.
Dominguez played in 18 games with the Yankees last season, and hit .179/.313/.304 with 67 plate appearances, recording 10 hits, one double, two home runs, four RBI, five stolen bases, 11 walks, and 19 strikeouts.
In his three seasons in the majors, Dominguez has played in 58 games with a lifetime slash line of .231/.326/.451 with 224 plate appearances, 45 hits, 10 doubles, 11 home runs, 30 RBI, nine stolen bases, 27 walks, and 65 strikeouts.
Dominguez is still competing in left field on the Yankees depth chart with Cody Bellinger and utility man Oswaldo Cabrera during this part of the 2025 season.
2026 WBC Preview
The 2026 World Baseball Classic will feature 20 nations, with the Dominican Republic competing in Pool D at loanDepot Park in Miami, alongside Venezuela, Nicaragua, Israel, and the Netherlands from March 6-11.
Japan leads all nations with three WBC titles (2006, 2009, 2023). The Dominican Republic won it all in 2013, and Team USA claimed the title in 2017. The event is sanctioned by the World Baseball Softball Confederation, MLB, MLBPA, and WBCI, and is staged during spring training.
The Federación Dominicana de Béisbol under president Juan Nunez, manager Albert Pujols, and general manager Nelson Cruz will evaluate on their radar for their offense in the 2026 event to build their roster throughout the remainder of the 2025 season with the likes of Ketel Marte, Fernando Tatis Jr. Juan Soto, Geraldo Perdomo, Mark Vientos, Vladimir Guerrero Jr., Junior Caminero, Rafael Devers, Elly De La Cruz, Jeremy Pena, Manny Machado, Willy Adames, Yainer Diaz, Oneil Cruz, Julio Rodriguez, Agustin Ramirez, Jose Ramirez, Austin Wells, and Gary Sanchez that are on their radar.
With notable returners of the pitching staff from the starters and relief pitching, the Dominican Republic could have a similar roster even with newcomers on their roster.
Sandy Alcantara, Luis Castillo, Reynaldo Lopez, Cristian Javier, Freddy Peralta, Luis Gil, Luis Severino, Framber Valdez, Eury Perez, Brayan Bello, Wandy Peralta, Rafael Montero, Camilo Doval, Yimi Garcia, Emmanuel Clase, Jose Soriano, Felix Bautista, Jhoan Duran, and Bryan Abreu are the top candidates to be on roster for the Dominican Republic’s pitching staff in the 2026 WBC.
Hall of Famers Adrian Beltre, David Ortiz, Vladimir Guerrero Sr., Juan Marichal, and Pedro Martinez are on the Dominican Republic Operations Staff along with former MLB player Edwin Encarnacion to help build the roster for the nation prior to them taking the field in Miami on March 6.
The 2026 WBC pool matchups for all games are slated on MLB.com with the confirmed dates, and no game start times have yet been announced.
2026 World Baseball Classic Information
The United States, Italy, Mexico, Great Britain and Brazil will compete at Daikin Park in Houston, Texas from March 6-11 in Pool B.
Puerto Rico, Cuba, Canada, Panama, and Colombia will compete in San Juan, Puerto Rico at Hiram Bithorn Stadium from March 6-11 in Pool A.
Japan, Australia, South Korea, Czech Republic, and Chinese Taipei will compete at the Tokyo Dome from March 5-10 in Pool C.
The Quarterfinals of the 2026 WBC will feature the Pool A runner-up facing the Pool B winner on March 13, while the Pool B runner-up will face the Pool A winner on March 14 at Daikin Park.
The other side of the Quarterfinals will be on March 13 with the Pool C runner-up playing the Pool D winner and the Pool D runner-up at loanDepot Park on March 14.
The 2026 WBC semifinals will be held on March 15 and 16 at loanDepot Park, with the championship game taking place on March 17.
The schedule for the 2026 @WBCBaseball is here! 👀 pic.twitter.com/B5MvUIrZK5
— MLB Network (@MLBNetwork) April 9, 2025
WBSC Rankings Outline
Japan is ranked at No. 1 in the World Baseball Rankings and will play in their sixth WBC. Chinese Taipei hails at No. 2. and will play in their sixth event. Venezuela at No. 3 and will appear for the sixth time at the WBC. Mexico is at No. 4 and will play in their sixth WBC. The United States is at No. 5 and will appear for the sixth time in the WBC. South Korea is labeled at No. 6 and will play in their sixth WBC.
The Netherlands at No. 7 will play in the WBC for the sixth time. Panama at No. 8 will play at the event for the fourth time. Puerto Rico crawling in at No. 9 will appear for the sixth time. Cuba is at No. 10 and will appear in the sixth WBC. The Dominican Republic at No. 11 will play in their sixth event. Australia pipelines at No. 12 and will play for the sixth time at the WBC.
Colombia at No. 13 and will appear in their third WBC. Italy is at No. 14 and will play in their sixth event The Czech Republic at No. 15 will appear in their second WBC. Nicaragua is ranked at No. 16 and will appear in the WBC for the second-time.
Great Britain at No. 18 will play for the second time at the WBC. Israel is ranked at No. 19 and will play in their third WBC. Canada is at No. 22 and will play in their sixth event. Brazil is ranked at No. 23 and will play in their second WBC.
In the 2023 WBC, Nicaragua, Great Britain, and the Czech Republic played in their first event. Israel and Colombia have played in three consecutive WBC events dating back to 2017. Brazil is appearing in the WBC for the first time since 2013. Panama has played in the WBC previously in 2006, 2009 and 2023, prior to 2026.
China will not be participating for the first time in the WBC since they did not qualify in the second qualifier in Tucson, Ariz., while going 0-3. They have been in the WBC since 2006, in the event’s first year.
The teams that are playing in the 2026 WBC and are part of the WBSC Americas sector are the United States, Canada, Mexico, Venezuela, Colombia, Panama, Puerto Rico, Cuba, Nicaragua, Brazil, and the Dominican Republic. In the WBSC Europe sector, Italy, Israel, Great Britain, the Czech Republic and the Netherlands are participating in the 2026 event.
Japan, Chinese Taipei, and South Korea are in the WBSC Asia sector and Australia is in the WBSC Oceania sector.
All the other listed remaining countries have played in the WBC since its first year in 2006.
The WBC is sanctioned by the World Baseball Softball Confederation, the sports governing body alongside Major League Baseball, the Major League Baseball Players Association and the WBCI, that partner in organizing the event during spring training.
The 2026 WBC pool matchups for all games are available on the official World Baseball Classic site with the confirmed dates, and no game start times have yet been announced.
If teams end up with the same record in pool play the Total Quality Balance run differential rule will be in effect for runs for and runs against alongside the head-to-head record.
2026 WBC Pool Matchups With Confirmed Dates
Pool A – Puerto Rico, Colombia, Panama, Canada & Cuba
Venue – Hiram Bithorn Stadium – San Juan, Puerto Rico
March 6
Game 1 – Cuba vs. Panama
Game 2 – Puerto Rico vs. Colombia
March 7
Game 3 – Colombia vs. Canada
Game 4 – Panama vs. Puerto Rico
March 8
Game 5 – Colombia vs. Cuba
Game 6 – Panama vs. Canada
March 9
Game 7 – Colombia vs. Panama
Game 8 – Cuba vs. Puerto Rico
March 10
Game 9 – Canada vs. Puerto Rico
March 11
Game 10 – Canada vs. Cuba
Pool B – United States, Mexico, Brazil, Great Britain & Italy
Venue – Daikin Park – Houston, Texas
March 6
Game 1 – Mexico vs. Great Britain
Game 2 – United States vs. Brazil
March 7
Game 3 – Brazil vs. Italy
Game 4 – Great Britain vs. United States
March 8
Game 5 – Great Britain vs. Italy
Game 6 – Brazil vs. Mexico
March 9
Game 7 – Brazil vs. Great Britain
Game 8 – Mexico vs. United States
March 10
Game 9 – Italy vs. United States
March 11
Game 10 – Italy vs. Mexico
Pool C – Japan, Chinese Taipei, Australia, South Korea & Czech Republic
Venue – Tokyo Dome – Tokyo, Japan
March 5
Game 1 – Chinese Taipei vs. Australia
Game 2 – Czechia vs. South Korea
March 6
Game 3 – Australia vs. Czechia
Game 4 – Japan vs. Chinese Taipei
March 7
Game 5 – Chinese Taipei vs. Czechia
Game 6 – South Korea vs. Japan
March 8
Game 7 – Chinese Taipei vs. South Korea
Game 8 – Australia vs. Japan
March 9
Game 9 – South Korea vs. Australia
March 10
Game 10 – Czechia vs. Japan
Pool D – Dominican Republic, Netherlands, Venezuela, Israel & Nicaragua
Venue – loanDepot Park – Miami, Fla.
March 6
Game 1 – Netherlands vs. Venezuela
Game 2 – Nicaragua vs. Dominican Republic
March 7
Game 3 – Nicaragua vs. Netherlands
Game 4 – Israel vs. Venezuela
March 8
Game 5 – Netherlands vs. Dominican Republic
Game 6 – Nicaragua vs. Israel
March 9
Game 7 – Dominican Republic vs. Israel
Game 8 – Venezuela vs. Nicaragua
March 10
Game 9 – Israel vs. Netherlands
March 11
Game 10 – Dominican Republic vs. Venezuela
(AP Photo/Godofredo A. Vásquez)
