Yankees' Austin Wells entered the 2025 season with high expectations after scorching opposing pitchers during spring training ...

NEW YORK – Austin Wells said he never thought of himself as a leadoff hitter; the heart of the lineup had always felt like ...

The New York Yankees' Austin Wells made history Thursday, becoming the first catcher to hit a leadoff home run on Opening Day in MLB history. Given Major League Baseball's long history ...

NEW YORK — Austin Wells made history when he stepped up to the plate in the bottom of the first inning on Thursday at Yankee Stadium, becoming the first catcher in Yankees history to bat leadoff.

Wells has a new Instagram account dedicated to ranking the clubhouse breakfast burritos the Yankees eat on the road.

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

The Yankees' offense got off to a quick start in their 2025 Opening Day game against the Milwaukee Brewers, with leadoff batter Austin Wells ... and all of baseball. Wells became the first catcher ...

New York Yankees catcher Austin Wells etched himself into ... with a lead-off home run on opening day in MLB history, according to ESPN. Wells was up in the count 2-0 against Brewers starting ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Austin Wells drove Freddy Peralta's fastball ... the first catcher in a century and a half of Major League Baseball to hit a leadoff home run on opening day.

New York Yankees catcher Austin Wells immediately justified the decision ... to do so on Opening Day in league history, according to MLB. Peralta fell behind two balls to zero strikes versus ...

MLB Opening Day 2025: Austin Wells begins Yankees' season with first Opening Day leadoff homer by catcher in MLB history The first catcher to bat leadoff in Yankees history went deep three pitches ...

Austin Wells’ tenure as the Yankees leadoff hitter ... With the 348-foot blast off of Freddy Peralta, Wells became the first catcher in MLB history to hit a leadoff homer on Opening Day.