Wells isn't in the lineup for Saturday's game versus Baltimore.
Wells will head to the bench for Saturday's contest after logging five hits over his last three games. Ben Rice will catch for starter Cam Schlittler instead, opening up first base for Paul Goldschmidt.
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Yankees' Austin Wells: Sitting down Saturday
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Wells isn't in the lineup for Saturday's game against the Orioles.
Wells will get some rest Saturday after going 5-for-10 with two RBI and three runs scored over his last four contests. Ben Rice will start behind the dish instead, clearing the way for Paul Goldschmidt to start at first base.
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Yankees' Austin Wells: Resting up Wednesday
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Wells is out of the lineup for Wednesday's game against the Twins.
Wells will get the night off after he started behind the plate in the first two games of the series while going 2-for-7 with a double, an RBI and two runs. Ben Rice will handle catching duties for the Yankees in the series finale.
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Yankees' Austin Wells: Idle against lefty
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Wells is out of the lineup for Sunday's game against the Red Sox.
With ace southpaw Garrett Crochet on the bump for Boston, Wells will head to the bench along with fellow left-handed hitters Trent Grisham and Ryan McMahon. Ben Rice will get the starting nod at catcher while Wells rests.
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Yankees' Austin Wells: Produces team's lone run in loss
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Wells went 1-for-4 with a solo home run Wednesday in a loss to the Tigers.
Wells' eighth-inning homer was merely a consolation in keeping the Yankees from being shut out, as it made the score 8-1 in favor of Detroit. Nonetheless, it was a positive sign for the alertness of Wells' bat, as he had gone 1-for-12 over his previous 16 plate appearances. Wells has an unremarkable .715 OPS on the campaign, but he's been a good source of power from the catcher position with 21 homers and 66 RBI through 113 contests.
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Yankees' Austin Wells: Remains hot Wednesday
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Wells went 3-for-4 with a home run, two doubles and two total RBI in a loss to the Astros on Wednesday.
Wells notched three of New York's seven extra-base hits in the defeat, and among his knocks was a two-run homer to left field in the fourth inning. The backstop has suddenly caught fire with the bat, slashing .421/.450/1.053 with three home runs and five RBI over his past six games. Prior to that stretch, he batted a miserable .133 with a 28.4 percent strikeout rate over his previous 24 contests.
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Yankees' Austin Wells: Taking seat Sunday
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Wells is out of the lineup for Sunday's game against the White Sox.
Wells will get a chance to catch his breath after he started behind the dish in the first two games of the weekend while going 3-for-8 with a home run, a walk, two RBI and an additional run. Ben Rice will handle catching duties for the Yankees in the finale.
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Yankees' Austin Wells: Continues power surge Saturday
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Wells went 1-for-5 with a solo home run against the White Sox in a 5-3 extra-innings victory Saturday.
Wells broke a 1-1 tie with a 410-foot shot in the seventh inning. The third-year backstop has been perking up in the power department of late -- he's gone deep twice in his past three games and four times across his past eight contests. While Wells is still slashing a paltry .210/.267/.429 on the season, he's tied for fifth among MLB catchers with 19 long balls and is sixth at the position with 61 RBI.
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Yankees' Austin Wells: Resting for series opener
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Wells is out of the lineup for Monday's game against the Nationals.
Wells will rest Monday after he caught the final three games of the Yankees' weekend series against the Red Sox and went a collective 1-for-9 at the plate. Ben Rice will handle catching duties in Wells' stead as the Yankees kick off a three-game set versus Washington.
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Yankees' Austin Wells: Drawing third straight start
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Wells will start at catcher and bat ninth in Sunday's game against the Red Sox.
Wells' playing time had taken a hit recently with the Yankees beginning to hand Ben Rice more work behind the plate, but Wells will make his third straight start at catcher to close out the series with Boston. Rice will occupy first base Sunday while Paul Goldschmidt gets squeezed out of the lineup for a second straight matchup with a right-handed starting pitcher (Dustin May).
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Yankees' Austin Wells: Losing out on playing time
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Yankees manager Aaron Boone said in his appearance on Jomboy Media's "Talkin' Yanks" podcast that Wells will be out of the lineup for Tuesday's game against the Rays.
Wells will head to the bench for the fifth time in seven games and appears to have moved into the No. 2 spot on the depth chart while the Yankees have become increasingly more comfortable with using Ben Rice behind the plate. Though Wells remains the superior defender of the two, he hasn't helped his case for earning regular playing time by slashing an abysmal .119/.172/.186 with a 25 percent strikeout rate since the All-Star break.
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Yankees' Austin Wells: Taking seat Monday
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Wells is out of the lineup for Monday's game against the Twins.
Wells will get a breather for the series opener while Ben Rice steps in behind the plate. Dating back to the All-Star break, Wells has posted a lowly .130/.186/.204 slash line over 16 games. His ongoing struggles could cost him more playing time if the Yankees are comfortable using Rice behind the plate more frequently in order to open up first base for Paul Goldschmidt.
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Yankees' Austin Wells: Taking Thursday off
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Wells is out of the lineup for Thursday's game against the Rays.
Wells will receive a breather for the day game after he went 1-for-4 while catching all 11 innings of Wednesday night's 5-4 win. Ben Rice will replace Wells behind the plate Thursday.
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Yankees' Austin Wells: Idle Saturday
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Wells isn't in the lineup for Saturday's game against the Phillies.
Wells will rest his legs Saturday after hitting his 15th home run of the season during Friday's loss. Ben Rice will take his place behind the plate and bat sixth for the Yankees.
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Yankees' Austin Wells: Clubs 15th homer
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Wells went 1-for-4 with a solo home run in Friday's 12-5 loss to the Phillies.
The Yankees slugged four homers on the night but all four were solo shots, including Wells' long ball in the second inning off Taijuan Walker. The 26-year-old backstop has supplied his usual power in July but not much else, slashing .229/.255/.521 over 14 contests with four of his 15 homers on the year, and 10 of his 55 RBI.
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Yankees' Austin Wells: Receiving Sunday off
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Wells is out of the lineup for Sunday's game against Atlanta.
Wells went 1-for-8 with an RBI and a run while starting the first two games of the series and will take a seat for Sunday's finale. Ben Rice will instead do the catching for Marcus Stroman and bat seventh.
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Yankees' Austin Wells: Drives in three Thursday
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Wells went 1-for-3 with three RBI in Thursday's 6-5 extra-inning win over Seattle.
Wells was able to rack up at least three RBI for the seventh time this year, and he drove in two in the ninth inning to tie the game at 5-5. The 25-year-old lefty-hitting backstop occasionally loses playing time to Ben Rice behind the plate in New York's loaded lineup, but the former is doing his part to maintain a steady role. Wells is batting .271 with three homers, three doubles and 10 RBI over his last 48 at-bats (14 games).
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Yankees' Austin Wells: Homer streak at three games
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Wells went 1-for-3 with a walk and a two-run home run in Tuesday's 10-3 win over the Mariners.
The 25-year-old catcher took Casey Legumina deep in the sixth inning to help break the game open. Wells has gone yard in three straight games as he heats up after a 15-game homerless drought, and on the season he's slashing .221/.284/.459 with 14 homers, three steals, 29 runs and 50 RBI over 74 contests.
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Yankees' Austin Wells: Homers again in win
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Wells went 2-for-4 with a home run and two RBI in Sunday's 6-4 win over the Mets.
Wells got the scoring started with a solo blast in the third inning and then drove in another run on a groundout in the fourth. The catcher has now hit safely in eight of his past 11 games, highlighted by the two home runs he hit over the weekend. For the year, he's slashing .220/.280/.448 with 13 homers, 48 RBI, 28 runs scored and three steals across 271 plate appearances.
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Yankees' Austin Wells: Goes deep Saturday
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Wells went 1-for-4 with a solo home run in a loss to the Mets on Saturday.
Wells plated New York's second run of the game with a solo shot to right field in the third inning. The long ball snapped a 15-game homerless stretch by the backstop and increased his total to 12 home runs on the season -- tied for fourth among big-league catchers. Wells was also looked at by a trainer early in the game after taking a foul tip off his mask, but he remained in the contest and is in the lineup again Sunday, batting eighth and starting behind the plate.
