Jasson Dominguez Owned the Mistake After That Scary Collision with Jazz Chisholm Jr.

Another night at Yankee Stadium. Another injury scare. And this time it came from two guys on the same team crashing into each other.

Jasson Dominguez and Jazz Chisholm Jr. collided in the fourth inning Monday night during a pop-up against the Detroit Tigers. Hao-Yu Lee lifted a shallow fly to right. Chisholm sprinted back from second. Dominguez charged in from right field. He made the catch. But his glove smacked into Chisholm’s face on the way down.

Chisholm stayed on the ground for a few minutes before walking off the field on his own. The Yankees put him in concussion protocol immediately. For a roster already missing Aaron Judge, Giancarlo Stanton, Trent Grisham and Max Fried, losing another starter would sting.

Dominguez didn’t duck the question after the game. He told reporters he called for the ball but admitted he didn’t yell loud enough. On plays like that — shallow fly balls where an infielder has to track back and an outfielder has to sprint in — volume matters. Dominguez knows it. He said so.

“Really unfortunate what happened,” Dominguez said. “I called it but probably not loud enough.”

The timing made it worse. The Yankees came into Monday trying to shake off a sweep by the Red Sox. Then they fell behind 7-0 early against Detroit. The whole night felt like a slow leak.

These are the kinds of mistakes that get magnified when a team is already short-handed. The margin for error shrinks. One miscommunication on a routine fly ball turns into a full-blown crisis because you don’t know if the guy who got hit will be available tomorrow.

Dominguez handled it the right way. He didn’t blame the lights or the crowd noise or the shift. He just said he needed to be louder. That’s accountability. And in a clubhouse that’s been through the wringer this month, that kind of honesty probably means something.

As for Chisholm, the next 24 to 48 hours will tell the story. Concussion protocol is unpredictable. Some guys clear it in a day. Some take a week. The Yankees will run him through the standard tests — balance, vision, cognitive stuff — and see where he’s at.

If he’s out for any real stretch, New York’s lineup gets even thinner. And that’s not a position any team wants to be in during a late-June grind against a division that keeps throwing punches.