• Associated Press

Jun 9, 2024, 05:12 PM ET

NEW YORK — Star outfielder

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    A three-time All-Star who turns 35 in August, Rizzo is hitting .224 with seven homers and 25 RBIs.

    New York also designated right-hander Dennis Santana for assignment and recalled right-hander Ron Marinaccio from Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre.

    Boone said Jasson Domínguez is getting close to being available for a return to the Yankees if needed on the big league club. The 21-year-old outfielder, coming back from Tommy John surgery on Sept. 20, was 4 for 5 with a home run for Scranton on Sunday and was hitting .500 (10 for 20) with two home runs and three doubles in five games since he was transferred on his rehab assignment to New York’s top farm team.

    “He is playing well and in a good spot and we certainly know what he’s capable of, and when it’s his time, we’ll be excited for that because we know what kind of impact he can have,” Boone said. “But we’re not going to rush that, either.”

    Domínguez is batting .380 with six homers and 12 RBIs in 19 games since starting his minor league injury rehabilitation assignment on May 14. He homered in his major league debut last Sept. 1 and hit .258 with four homers and seven RBIs in eight games before a scan revealed the torn elbow ligament.

    “The time he’s going to come up here, he’s going to play,” Boone said. “So that avenue is going to have to be there.”