Austin Wells and Cody Bellinger each go yard for the Yankees in the first inning.
Access the Yankees beat like never before Join Post Sports+ for exciting subscriber-only features, including real-time texting with Greg Joyce about the inside buzz on the Yankees from spring training Try it free TAMPA — Manager Aaron Boone has said he can envision “a number” of in-house hitters becoming the Yankees leadoff hitter this year.
Austin Wells may have shed the rookie label last season, but the New York Yankees catcher thinks he may hold on to some rookie duties. Call him superstitious, but Wells is considering keeping the responsibility of carrying the team’s boombox this season.
Yankees duo Austin Wells and Cody Bellinger hit home runs in the first inning vs. the Blue Jays.
New York Yankees' Austin Wells, left, hands off his batting gear to coach Travis Chapman after hitting a two-run double off St. Louis Cardinals pitcher Oddenier Mosgueda in the third
New York Yankees' Austin Wells rounds the bases after his solo home run off Toronto Blue Jays pitcher Jake Bloss during the first inning of a spring training baseball game
The Yankees play the Houston Astros in West Palm Beach, Fla., on Saturday night.
Rodriguez gave up two runs on five hits over three innings in Friday's Grapefruit League start against the Yankees. He struck out four without walking a batter. The right-hander served up solo shots to Austin Wells and Cody Bellinger in the first inning,
Marcus Stroman bounced back from his worst spring start and the Yankees got longballs from Austin Wells and Cody Bellinger, as New York walked off the Blue Jays on Friday night.
There's one thing the New York Yankees have never done: bat a catcher in the leadoff spot in a regular season game. They're on the verge of making that unprecedented move on Opening Day. The Yankees have led off Austin Wells in a handful of games during Spring Training already.
If Thursday's spring training lineup is any indication of how the Yankees will handle things this season, the team's lineup will have a historic component.