Dominguez may get September promotion

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Jasson Dominguez just got to Triple-A, but it does not seem out of the question that he could arrive in The Bronx at some point during the final month of the season.

With the Yankees recently putting a greater emphasis on their future thanks to their brutally disappointing season — they started four players on Sunday who are 24 years old or younger — Dominguez could be a candidate for a September call-up.

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“I’m in the camp that I think he’s going to be a really good player in this league,” manager Aaron Boone said. “I think he’s a really special talent. … Obviously he impacts the ball and is athletic and can run, but I like the fact that at a very young age, he can really control the strike zone. Hopefully that’s something that when he does get up here, it will really be something that serves him well.”

The 20-year-old is 11-for-23 with 10 RBIs, four walks and one strikeout through his first seven games at Triple-A.

Dominguez is not yet on the 40-man roster, but the Yankees will have to add him this offseason, anyway, to protect him from the Rule 5 draft, which could work in his favor to potentially make his MLB debut next month.

➤ Aaron Judge arrived at Tropicana Field on fire, but left having been cooled off by the Rays.

After hitting four home runs in his previous two games before Friday, Judge went 0-for-12 with eight strikeouts and a walk as the Yankees dropped another series to the Rays.

➤ Another top prospect, center fielder Spencer Jones, was promoted to Double-A Somerset on Sunday after spending the first 100 games of his season at High-A Hudson Valley.

The 22-year-old Jones, ranked the Yankees’ No. 1 prospect by MLB.com, hit .268 with a .787 OPS, 13 home runs and 35 steals at High-A.

➤ George Rose, the Yankees’ executive adviser of Pacific Rim Operations and former interpreter for Hideki Irabu, died Sunday at the age of 57.