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Jasson Dominguez, OF

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Scouting report

At a certain point in time, before he began playing actual games, we only knew as much about Wander Franco as we currently do about Jasson Dominguez. At a certain point in time, the same was true of Kevin Maitan. That is the range of potential outcomes here, as we still only truly know about Dominguez's showcase tools (what it's like to watch him take BP and run, both of which are scintillating) and very little about how he'll perform against pro pitching. Because of how early and how covertly the Yankees and Dominguez agreed to a deal (New York spent all but about $300k of its initial $5.4 million international pool on him), few scouts have seen him at all, and even fewer have seen him against quality live pitching, although that number has started to creep up as he participates in live BPs in the Dominican Republic. The mystery and intrigue, rare for elite, contemporary teenage athletes because of the prevalence of social media video, and those slick Yankees pinstripes have created a fever pitch of expectation for Dominguez in both the real world and the baseball card finance bro space. Last year, when Dominguez was close to near the top of the 50 FV tier (where he'll remain), one scouting director told me he is impossible to evaluate for a list like this, while a former GM told me he was too low. It's hard to find switch-hitters with power like this, let alone ones who already have usable swings from both sides of the plate at this age. Dominguez got very jacked in 2020 and looked more like a Mr. Universe competitor than a baseball prospect. Not everyone digs this, and it's discussed with the same tone of captivation and alarm as Zion Williamson's size and explosion. There's no precedent for someone this age being as big and strong as Dominguez already is, but nobody is sure what that means for his long-term athletic viability. I'm probably more comfortable ranking someone like this highly than a GM would be acquiring him for equivalent value, but it's possible that, a year from now, Dominguez will have become unacquirable. He's the highest-variance prospect in baseball, and maybe the highest-variance athlete in sports. (DR Instructional League)