The Cincinnati Reds have optioned utility man Chris Dominguez to Triple-A Louisville. Jason Bourgeois came off of the disabled list, and since he is out of options he must remain with the big league club. Bourgeois also fills out the backup center fielder role left when Kristopher Negron was optioned earlier in the week.
After going 0-3 with three strikeouts in his first call up with the team, Dominguez performed much better the second time around. While he struck out 42% of the time he stepped to the plate (eight times in 19 plate appearances), he made the rest of the times he stepped to the plate count as he hit .300 and slugged .600 thanks to half of his six hits being for extra-bases.
Dominguez will re-join Louisville and hope to carry some of his solid hitting with the Reds back with him after he hit just .208/.256/.377 in 173 plate appearances with the Bats between his two stints with the big league club. His plate discipline has been the biggest factor in his struggles, he walked just eight times and had 47 strikeouts in Triple-A and with the big league club he didn’t draw a single walk and had 11 strikeouts.