Yankees catcher Austin Wells makes MLB history with lead-off opening-day home run

New York Yankees catcher Austin Wells etched himself into the past books successful the team’s opening-day crippled against the Milwaukee Brewers connected Thursday astatine Yankee Stadium. 

Wells, 25, had already made past connected the day, arsenic helium became the archetypal catcher to ever bat lead-off successful a regular play successful Yankees history.  

During his archetypal at-bat, Wells made further history. The young catcher became the archetypal catcher with a lead-off location tally connected opening time successful MLB history, according to ESPN. 

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New York Yankees' Austin Wells, left, celebrates his solo location tally with Aaron Judge during the archetypal inning of an opening-day shot crippled against the Milwaukee Brewers astatine Yankee Stadium, Thursday, March 27, 2025, successful New York.  (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

Wells was up successful the number 2-0 against Brewers starting pitcher Freddy Peralta. In the hitters' count, Wells took a rip astatine a precocious 2-0 fastball, and helium deposited it into the archetypal enactment of the close tract stands successful Yankee Stadium.

Wells' solo location tally gave the Yankees an contiguous 1-0 pb successful the bottommost of the archetypal inning. 

Last season, Wells finished 3rd successful the American Rookie of the Year Rookie of the Year race, down the Baltimore Orioles' outfielder Colton Cowser and his teammate starting pitcher Luis Gil having won the award. 

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New York Yankees' Austin Wells celebrates his solo location tally successful the dugout during the archetypal inning of an opening-day shot crippled against the Milwaukee Brewers astatine Yankee Stadium, Thursday, March 27, 2025, successful New York.  (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

Wells rebounded aft helium started the twelvemonth disconnected dilatory but ended up with a .229 mean and 13 location runs to spell alongside beardown defence down the sheet successful 2024. 

With the nonaccomplishment of Juan Soto to the New York Mets successful escaped agency, and designated hitter Giancarlo Stanton starting the play connected the injured list, the Yankees are relying connected Wells to beryllium a large contributor. 

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New York Yankees' Austin Wells celebrates his solo location tally during the archetypal inning of an opening-day shot crippled against the Milwaukee Brewers astatine Yankee Stadium connected Thursday, March 27, 2025, successful New York.  (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

If his archetypal at-bat is immoderate denotation of however his play volition go, the Yankees volition beryllium blessed with Wells’ season. 

At the clip of this writing, the Yankees were up 2-1 going into the bottommost of the 3rd inning against the Brewers. 

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