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 key league roster as a result of they had 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 got here in and has executed all the pieces he’s wanted to do,” supervisor Aaron Boone mentioned the day Smith opted out of his deal. “Clearly he’s a giant league participant. He’s been nice within the room, he’s carried out, really feel like he’s in actually fine condition.”
