NEW YORK — Thumbs up for Jasson Domínguez. After sitting out for a few games with a left thumb contusion — an injury the Yankees’ young outfielder suffered on Sunday night in Los Angeles — Domínguez is clear to return to the team’s starting lineup on Thursday night.

Aaron Boone described the injury as “just a couple of days thing,” and noted it has been improving daily. That’s a relief for a Yankees club with postseason aspirations and a lineup that increasingly leans on Dominguez’s maturing offensive presence.

N ew York Yankees relief pitcher Luke Weaver was gearing up to close things out against the Los Angeles Dodgers Sunday night when he suddenly had to return to the bench. Weaver, w