Jasson Domínguez roster casualty signs with White Sox after Yankees release

A series of roster moves quickly forced veteran outfielder Randal Grichuk off the New York Yankees' roster. The 34-year-old might technically have been DFA'd to facilitate Elmer Rodriguez's promotion, but the real reason he's gone is Jasson Domínguez, who the Yankees decided deserved some more runway in the wake of Giancarlo Stanton's latest injury.

Grichuk, however, won't languish on the unemployment line for long, with FanSided's own Robert Murray reporting that he's in agreement with the Chicago White Sox on a major league contract.

The move to cut ties with Grichuk had fans elated as his sluggish play contrasted poorly with Domínguez tearing up Triple-A competition down in Scranton. Almost immediately, it looked like a mistake when Domínguez was drilled in the elbow by a Nathan Eovaldi cutter, making it look like an IL stint would be in his future, and Grichuk would've been lost for nothing.

Fortunately, scans came back negative, and the Martian seems no worse for wear, showing off some rare power from both sides of the plate Sunday against the Baltimore Orioles.

The Yankees can be happy with their decision, and they may have inadvertently helped the White Sox with their Grichuk choice.

The Yankees are happy with Domínguez, but might have given the White Sox a gift with Randal Grichuk

The newfound urgency that the Yankees are showing by being willing to make tough decisions at a moment's notice has been a breath of fresh air for fans who have long seen the club do the opposite. No longer are they hanging on to depreciating assets just hoping that, eventually, they'll be rewarded for their stubbornness.

Domínguez going down to Triple-A to begin the season was the right call, but at this point, it's also clear that his ability against right-handed pitching, speed on the bases, and improvements while batting left-handed have made him a more valuable chip than Grichuk was.

But the Yankees might have done the White Sox a favor. Grichuk's brutal start overshadowed the fact that he was heating up recently. Over his last seven games, he racked up 19 plate appearances and a .333/.316/.556 line with four doubles.

That's good news for Chicago, a team that could use some right-handed thump in its outfield. The White Sox stole prime Yankees free-agent target Austin Hays over the winter. That miss forced New York to turn to Grichuk. Now, Hays is struggling to the tune of a .233/.250/.326 line. Grichuk will now provide some competition for him.

The White Sox are surprise contenders in the lackluster AL Central. At 16-18, they are just a game and a half behind the Cleveland Guardians and the Detroit Tigers, with the latter staring down a two-to-three-month absence from reigning AL Cy Young Tarik Skubal.

Finding support for the miraculous Munetaka Murakami in the lineup has to be Chicago's top priority as the Japanese phenom battles Aaron Judge for the MLB home run lead (both are tied with 13 at the time of this writing). Grichuk isn't a star, but he might do the job, especially if the Yankees managed to bust him out of his slump before they let him go.

Both teams should be happy with the way things played out. Domínguez gives the Yankees a higher ceiling, but the Yankees fixing Grichuk before kicking him to the curb has given the White Sox another floor raiser that they desperately need.

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