The New York Yankees clubhouse, for sure, is much quieter than it should have been at this point of the game. The last they celebrated was when the team clinched their playoff spot, with a champagne shower. However, they lost to the Baltimore Orioles on Tuesday, with Gleyber Torres making a mistake, and Aaron Judge left waiting on deck. And yet again, at the Yankee stadium, another silly mistake by their rookie Jasson Dominguez cost them their game.

The Yankees activated Dominguez to start over Alex Verdugo in the left field against the Baltimore Orioles on Wednesday. While they expected him to do better; Dominguez committed a major defense error that allowed the Orioles to score the opening two runs of the game on a routine fly ball. Aaron Judge, who, on Tuesday, just said, “We can’t keep shooting ourselves in the foot with mistakes” after Torres’ blunder, had to see another setback—and he is not thrilled!

Back-to-back errors frustrating Aaron Judge 

Marcus Stroman started in place of injured Nestor Cortes Jr. and he kicked things off on the mound for the Yankees. But the Orioles wasted no time loading the bases with no outs in the first inning. Cowser then made contact and sent the ball flying towards the other corner. Jasson Dominguez on the left field had a good read on it and only needed to cover around 15 yards to catch it., but he failed to do so. Judge was not happy about what went down, and he did voice his opinions. This is the second time in a week that the captain has openly talked about the team’s struggles to win, and it’s an eyebrow-raiser for sure.

This misplay also came when Stroman needed an out, having given singles to each of the first three batters. The Orioles capitalized on the error, scoring two easy runs, and while the Yankees managed to tag a runner out later, the damage was done. Post-game, Judge said, “That’s a tough one, going to the line like that. It came back on him. It’s a tough situation. I know he knows he should have made that play. You’ve got to learn from it, be better, and get them tomorrow.” Aaron Judge’s frustrations are justified – he smacked a 57th homer, and Juan Soto, too, hit his career-high – yet, the team couldn’t overcome the mistakes. Judge is already under keen eyes; he fails to perform at his best postseason and these silly errors add more pressure.

Jasson Dominguez admits his errors

Jasson Dominguez lunged for the ball, but due to a miscalculation, it fell behind him. Now, in theory, according to Statcast, that ball had a 95 perfect chance of catching. So we know what Aaron Judge meant when he said Dominguez should have caught the play. Even Jasson Dominguez was wary of the silly mistake and said, “I have no excuse. That ball needs to be caught, 100 percent of the time. I didn’t catch the ball, obviously, and that caused my pitcher to have to throw many more pitches and work more.” But this isn’t the first time this month that the young infielder has made, but one of many.

During the New York Yankees‘ west coast road trip, Dominguez misjudged Justin Turner fly ball in Seattle. And the next day, on Sept 18, he lost a bases-loaded Turner drive in the sun, which resulted in another costly error, as a run was scored. Manager Aaron Boone admitted recently, “He’s missed some plays that he should make.”  With postseason games approaching, this mistake could become a major thorn in the team’s side.

Wednesday was Jasson Dominguez’s ninth MLB game in the left field. He has the benefit of the doubt, he is new to the position. After all, he mostly spent time in the center field, but these mistakes also underscore a decision that the team possibly will need to make between Verdugo and Dominguez. Who do you think will the Yanks opt for? Let us know in the comments.