Dominguez Just Proved To Everyone That Boone's Not Qualified

And we already broke this down in one of our recent pieces titled WHY WOULD ANY YOUNG PLAYER WANT TO PLAY FOR THE YANKS UNDER BOONE’S MANAGEMENT?. In it, we explained in detail the five-day stretch where Boone’s head was so far up his ass that Domínguez’s development took a backseat to Boone’s ego.

Here’s the full quote from that piece—because it still hits just as hard especially after Jasson’s big night last night:

“Take Monday’s game against the Padres. A right-handed pitcher on the mound? Great! That should be Dominguez’s moment—he’s hitting over .300 against righties this season. But Boone, in all his wisdom, decides to sit him. Why? Nobody knows. It’s not like anyone else in the outfield is tearing it up. After a Sunday lineup so embarrassing it should’ve come with a refund for ticket holders, Boone followed it up by benching Dominguez for no apparent reason.

Then Tuesday rolls around, and suddenly Boone decides Dominguez is worthy of batting cleanup. Cleanup! Against Michael King, one of the best pitchers in the league this season. So, let’s get this straight: He’s not good enough to start against inferior right-handers, but he’s your No. 4 hitter against a guy with a 2.07 ERA? That’s not strategy—that’s chaos.”

That’s it right there. Boone isn’t managing—he’s jerking this guy around. That’s not leadership. That’s insecurity. And of course, after we put him on blast, something changed. Suddenly Domínguez was back in the lineup, getting at-bats against right-handed pitching. And guess what? He delivered. Boy, did he deliver.

It doesn’t take a genius to see where he thrives. But Boone wants to act like he’s some analytic savant behind closed doors while making decisions that any fan in the Bronx can see are idiotic. That’s the problem. He thinks he’s playing chess while everyone else is playing checkers—but in reality, he’s losing at Tic-Tac-Toe. It’s a simple formula, do what works for the kid.

And so I ask, what’s the goal here, Boone? To look smart? Or to develop stars and win ballgames? Because right now, you’re doing neither. You’re not a leader. You’re not a teacher. You’re a gatekeeper who doesn’t even understand the gate he’s standing in front of.

The Yankees haven’t won a World Series under Aaron Boone. And that’s the goal here, isn’t it?  We as fans see highlights all year, but in the end it’s disappointment, bad bullpen calls, dumb lineup switches, and scapegoating young players like Jasson Dominguez when his “gut” decisions fail. The front office needs to wake the hell up. Enough of the fake leadership act, unless of course they’re in on it, in which case we just gotta clean house.

And last night’s win? A blowout, finally. And why? Because Domínguez hit a moonshot off a right-handed pitcher in—you guessed it—a lefty-righty matchup that made perfect sense. And he did it twice. The kind of move that any actual manager would’ve made a week ago.

Boone’s a fraud. Always has been. And until the Yankees put someone in charge who knows what the hell they’re doing, we’ll keep calling him out.