AUSTIN WELLS NEWS

Participates in home run onslaught Wells went 1-for-6 with a solo homer in Tuesday's 15-3 win over the Orioles.

Impact In case a 12-run lead wasn't enough, Wells gave the Yankees a 13-run cushion in the ninth inning when he took Bryan Baker deep to left-center field for a solo homer. It was Wells' fifth home run of the season, and the 25-year-old backstop has logged at least one RBI in five straight games, going 7-for-23 (.304) over that span.

9 HOURS AGO • ROTOWIRE

Yankees hit 6 solo homers, hand the Orioles another lopsided defeat in a 15-3 rout

Trent Grisham, Aaron Judge and Ben Rice led off the game with consecutive home runs, and the New York Yankees battered Baltimore’s beleaguered pitching staff in a 15-3 victory over...

10 HOURS AGO • ASSOCIATED PRESS

O'Hearn's 3-run homer leads Orioles over Yankees 4-3

Ryan O’Hearn hit a three-run home run off Will Warren and the Baltimore Orioles held on for a 4-3 victory over the New York Yankees

1 DAY AGO • ASSOCIATED PRESS

Former Uber driver J.C. Escarra gives pitch a ride for first major league home run

An Uber driver a little more than two years ago, J

2 DAYS AGO • ASSOCIATED PRESS

Judge's tiebreaking homer in 2nd game leads Yankees to doubleheader sweep of Blue Jays

Aaron Judge broke a sixth-inning tie in the second game with his eighth home run this season, and the New York Yankees swept a doubleheader from the Toronto Blue Jays 11-2 and 5-1

2 DAYS AGO • ASSOCIATED PRESS

Sitting for nightcap Wells is not in the starting lineup for Game 2 of Sunday's doubleheader with the Blue Jays.

Impact Wells will take a seat after he went 2-for-5 with two doubles, three RBI and a run scored in the team's 11-2 matinee win over Toronto. J.C. Escarra will draw the start at catcher and bat eighth against the Blue Jays.

2 DAYS AGO • ROTOWIRE

Fried wins 5th straight start and Yankees rout wild Gausman, Blue Jays 11-2 in doubleheader opener

Max Fried won his fifth straight start, Austin Wells capped a six-run third inning with a three-run double off suddenly wild Kevin Gausman and the New York Yankees routed the Toron...

2 DAYS AGO • ASSOCIATED PRESS

Kirk hits go-ahead 2-run double in 9th to lead Blue Jays to 4-2 win over Yankees

Alejandro Kirk hit a go-ahead two-run double in the ninth inning off struggling Yankees closer Devin Williams and the Toronto Blue Jays beat New York 4-2, snapping a five-game losi...

4 DAYS AGO • ASSOCIATED PRESS

Grabbing seat Tuesday Wells is absent from the lineup for Tuesday's game in Cleveland.

Impact It's a routine day off for Wells, who started each of the previous three contests. J.C. Escarra will do the catching and bat eighth for the Yankees.

APRIL 22 • ROTOWIRE

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.

APRIL 21 • 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...

APRIL 20 • 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...

APRIL 20 • 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...

APRIL 20 • 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.

APRIL 19 • 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

APRIL 18 • 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.

APRIL 18 • 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.

APRIL 18 • 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.

APRIL 17 • 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

APRIL 16 • 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 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