In the months leading up to the opening of the 2019-20 international free agency period, word started to leak out that the Yankees were a lock to land Jasson Dominguez, a generational talent nicknamed “The Martian” for his out-of-this-world talents. They completed the deal and signed three years ago yesterday.
Names like Mickey Mantle and Mike Trout were thrown around as comparisons, but the cancellation of the 2020 minor league season delayed Dominguez’s professional debut for a full calendar year. That debut would eventually happen on June 28, 2021 in the Florida Complex League.