AUSTIN WELLS NEWS

Launches homer in win Wells went 1-for-3 with a solo home run and a walk in Sunday's 4-0 win over Tampa Rays.

Impact Wells put the finishing touches on Sunday's victory, taking Garrett Cleavinger deep in the top of the ninth inning for New York's final run of the game. The catcher is now batting .197 with four home runs, 10 RBI and seven runs scored over 61 at-bats in 19 games this season.

1 DAY AGO • ROTOWIRE

Max Fried loses no-hit bid in 8th inning on scoring change, Yankees beat Rays 4-0

Max Fried lost a no-hit bid in the eighth inning when the official scorer changed an earlier decision to a hit, and the Yankees went on to beat the Tampa Bay Rays 4-0 in a game tha...

1 DAY AGO • ASSOCIATED PRESS

Max Fried dominates as Yankees blank Rays 4-0 Max Fried dominated into the eighth inning, Trent Grisham, Cody Bellinger and Austin Wells each hit home runs, and the visiting New York Yan...

1 DAY AGO • CHARLOTTEOBSERVER.COM

Williams blows 4-run lead in 9th, Rays beat Yankees 10-8 on Aranda's 2-run homer in 10th

Brandon Lowe tied the score with a two-run single in a four-run ninth inning off Devin Williams, Jonathan Aranda hit a two-run homer in the 10th and the Tampa Bay Rays beat the Yan...

2 DAYS AGO • ASSOCIATED PRESS

Back in action Saturday Wells (illness) will start at catcher and bat third Saturday against the Rays.

Impact Wells missed Friday's contest due to a bout of food poisoning, but he's now feeling better and will return behind the plate to form a battery with Carlos Carrasco on Saturday. The 25-year-old backstop has one 2-for-16 with a homer and two RBI across his last five games.

2 DAYS AGO • ROTOWIRE

Yankees catcher Wells out of lineup Friday in Tampa with food poisoning

Catcher Austin Wells is out of the Yankees' lineup at Tampa Bay due to food poisoning

3 DAYS AGO • ASSOCIATED PRESS

Austin Wells Out of Yankees for an Unbelievable Reason The Yankees catcher has been out of the starting lineup for two games in a row.

3 DAYS AGO • NEWSOBSERVER.COM

Battling food poisoning Wells is not in the lineup for Friday's game versus the Rays due to food poisoning, Bryan Hoch of MLB.com reports.

Impact Wells received a routine day off Thursday and will miss a second straight game after he woke up ill overnight. Consider him day-to-day. J.C. Escarra will do the catching and bat sixth for the Yankees on Friday.

3 DAYS AGO • ROTOWIRE

Riding pine Thursday Wells is out of the lineup for Thursday's game against the Rays.

Impact The Yankees will give Wells a chance to regroup after the 25-year-old managed just one hit -- a solo home run -- in 11 at-bats during New York's previous series against Kansas City. J.C. Escarra will fill in behind the plate Thursday and bat seventh.

4 DAYS AGO • ROTOWIRE

Domínguez's clutch 3-run double sends Fried and Yankees to 4-2 win over Royals

Jasson Domínguez went 3 for 3 with a three-run double that put the New York Yankees ahead in the sixth inning of a 4-2 victory over the Kansas City Royals

6 DAYS AGO • ASSOCIATED PRESS

Jazz session: Chisholm has bragging rights over Judge in `home runs plus stolen bases'

Jazz Chisholm Jr. was jazzed up: He tied New York Yankees teammate Aaron Judge for the major league home run lead and was going to assert some bragging rights

APRIL 15 • ASSOCIATED PRESS

Knocks third homer Wells went 1-for-4 with a solo home run in Monday's win against Kansas City.

Impact Wells was the fourth and final Yankee to knock a solo shot off Seth Lugo in Monday's victory. After homering in his first two appearances of 2025, Wells was stuck in a 7-for-38 (.184) skid heading into Monday. He's now slashing .208/.278/.479 with six extra-base hits and seven RBI through 54 plate appearances.

APRIL 15 • ROTOWIRE

Yankees use four home runs to defeat Royals Trent Grisham, Ben Rice and Austin Wells homered in a span of five batters off Seth Lugo in the fifth inning to power the New York Yankees t...

APRIL 15 • KANSASCITY.COM

Chisholm, Grisham, Rice and Wells homer off Lugo, lead Yankees over Royals 4-1

Trent Grisham, Ben Rice and Austin Wells each hit a solo home run off Seth Lugo in the fifth inning, and the New York Yankees beat the Kansas City Royals 4-1 in their first meeting...

APRIL 15 • ASSOCIATED PRESS

Yankees mash 4 solo HRs to lift Carrasco past Royals NEW YORK -- The Yankees’ victory formula has followed a classic model thus far: when they can hit homers in bunches, more often than not, th...

APRIL 15 • MLB.COM

Receiving afternoon off Wells is out of the lineup for Sunday's game against the Giants.

Impact He'll get a breather for the afternoon game after he started behind the dish in both of the first two contests of the series, going 2-for-6 with a double and an RBI. J.C. Escarra will draw the start at catcher Sunday.

APRIL 13 • ROTOWIRE

Receiving afternoon off Wells is out of the lineup for Sunday's game against the Giants.

Impact He'll get a breather for the afternoon game after he started behind the dish in the first two contests of the series, going 2-for-6 with a double and an RBI. J.C. Escarra will draw the start at catcher Sunday.

APRIL 13 • ROTOWIRE

Yankees' Boone on rainy night vs. Giants: `Probably the worst conditions we've ever experienced'

Yankees manager Aaron Boone, after speaking with bench coach Brad Ausmus, didn’t mince words about what they had just seen New York and the San Francisco Giants endure

APRIL 12 • ASSOCIATED PRESS

Lee, Wade have big hits as Stroman chased in 5-run 1st, Giants beat Yanks 9-1 in rain-shortened game

Jung Hoo Lee hit a three-run homer, LaMonte Wade Jr. added a two-run double in a five-run first inning that chased Marcus Stroman and the San Francisco Giants rolled to a rain-shor...

APRIL 12 • ASSOCIATED PRESS

Getting Wednesday off Wells is out of the lineup for Wednesday's game against the Tigers.

Impact Wells will take a seat for just the second time in 12 games this season as the Yankees wrap up their series in Detroit with a matinee contest. J.C. Escarra will receive the start behind the plate, catching for starting pitcher Max Fried.

APRIL 9 • ROTOWIRE

Yankees catcher Austin Wells' breakfast burrito reviews draw more than 50,000 followers on Instagram Yankees catcher Austin Wells opened an Instagram account on Friday

APRIL 7 • NEWSDAY.COM

Love breakfast burritos? Let Austin Wells be your guide PITTSBURGH – Becoming a food influencer was probably not on Austin Wells’ list of goals for the season. But the Yankees’ catcher flexed his...

APRIL 6 • MLB.COM

Yankees catcher Austin Wells' breakfast burrito reviews draw more than 50,000 followers on Instagram

New York Yankees catcher Austin Wells opened an Instagram account on Friday that ranks breakfast burritos in visiting clubhouses and it had more than 50,000 followers by Sunday aft...

APRIL 6 • ASSOCIATED PRESS

Taking seat Thursday Wells is absent from the lineup for Thursday's contest versus the Diamondbacks.

Impact Wells receives a well-earned breather after starting each of the Yankees' first five games at catcher. J.C. Escarra will be behind the plate and batting eighth Thursday.

APRIL 3 • ROTOWIRE

Gallen ties career high with 13 strikeouts and Gurriel homers as Diamondbacks beat Yankees 4-3

Zac Gallen tied his career high with 13 strikeouts while extending his scoreless streak against the New York Yankees to 18 2/3 innings, and Lourdes Gurriel Jr. hit a two-run homer...

APRIL 3 • ASSOCIATED PRESS