Ten days after opting out of his Yankees deal, Dominic Smith is again.
The Yankees re-signed Smith to a minor league deal, the membership introduced on Monday, giving them extra left-handed hitting depth at Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre.
Smith had put collectively a robust camp as a non-roster invite however when he triggered his opt-out on March 21, the Yankees didn’t add him to the main league roster as a result of they have been already too left-handed heavy, particularly with Ben Rice successful the DH job.
After hitting free company, although, the 29-year-old first baseman/left fielder/DH has returned to the Yankees after hitting .297 with a .857 OPS in 13 Grapefruit League video games.
Smith, the previous Met, supplies insurance coverage if any of the Yankees’ lefty bats go down.
“He came in and has done everything he’s needed to do,” supervisor Aaron Boone mentioned the day Smith opted out of his deal. “Clearly he’s a big league player. He’s been great in the room, he’s performed, feel like he’s in really good shape.”
