Wells became the first catcher to hit leadoff for the Yankees, who were established in 1913. And he led off the opener with a ...

“Awful,” one National League scout assigned to the Yankees' system said recently of his impressions of Wells defensively when ...

Wells made history with his leadoff blast, becoming the first catcher in Yankees history to homer to start a season and the ...

Lost in the hullabaloo over Bronx Bombing and torpedo bats is the Yankees Way at the plate. It is an approach that can serve ...

The New York Yankees' Austin Wells became the first catcher in MLB history to hit a leadoff home run on Opening Day.

Austin Wells became the first Yankees catcher ever to start in the leadoff spot and he homered in his first at-bat to make ...

After hitting leadoff on Opening Day, Wells has now batted sixth in three straight games, including two straight against right-handed pitching. Paul Goldschmidt is again serving as the Yankees ' ...

For the first time in franchise history, the New York Yankees batted a catcher in the leadoff spot Thursday, and it did not ...

Austin Wells drove Freddy Peralta's fastball into the first row of Yankee Stadium’s right-field short porch and landed in the ...

On Thursday, Wells showed that his success batting first was no spring fling, as he took the third pitch he saw from Brewers ...

New York Yankees catcher Austin Wells will retreat to the bench for Thursday's series finale at Yankee Stadium against the ...

Former Arizona Wildcats catcher and first-round draft pick Austin Wells drove a historic leadoff home run to right center ...