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• Yankees get positive Austin Wells update as they navigate catching carousel

The Yankees can breathe a small sigh of relief on Austin Wells....2026
• Yankees’ Austin Wells thinks headaches that led to IL stint are from ‘cumulative buildup’

Austin Wells is not exactly sure when it all began, or that there was any one incident that caused it....2026
• Yankees Place Austin Wells On 10-Day IL With Cervical Headaches
Catcher Austin Wells is heading to the injured list due to cervical headaches, the Yankees announced. J.C. Escarra was recalled to take Wells’ spot on the roster. Escarra was just sent down on Friday, but he’ll report back to the big-league club before playing a game at Triple-A. Wells does not have a concussion, manager […]...2026
• Yankees catcher Wells joins Stanton, Judge on IL
Yankees catcher Austin Wells, suffering from cervical headaches while in the midst of a seasonlong slump, joined Aaron Judge and Giancarlo Stanton on the injured list....2026
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• Yankees place Austin Wells on IL, call up J.C. Escarra one day after demotion in wild catching shuffle

There are still just under two months to go until the trade deadline, when the Yankees are expected to pursue a right-handed hitting catcher....2026
• Austin Wells’ burden is overwhelming him — where the Yankees could look for a righty partner

There is a mental burden on catchers like never before as the game-calling plan for each hitter, each pitcher and each situation has become so individualized....2026

• Gerrit Cole pitches scoreless inning in first spring training appearance since Tommy John surgery
Gerrit Cole returned to a mound to pitch in a game after a 377-day absence and threw a scoreless first inning Wednesday for the New York Yankees in an exhibition game against the Boston Red Sox. Cole threw 10 pitches, seven for strikes, including six four-seam fastballs that averaged 97.1 mph, ranging from 98.7 mph 96.1 mph. He threw two sliders and a pair of knuckle-curves. Ward stole second, h...2026
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• 2025 MLB Draft: Rays select OF Brendan Summerhill No. 42 overall

Photo by Aaron M. Sprecher/Getty Images $2.33 million slot value. The Tampa Bay Rays have lucked out in their second selection of the first round, snagging Arizona OF Brendan Summerhill at No. 42 overall. This is great value at the end of the Competitive Balance A round, as he was ranked No. 22 at Baseball America. — No. 7️⃣Brendan Summerhill delivered the dramatics with...2025
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• Feeling a draft in here (Part 1)

Kevin Jairaj-Imagn Images Prospects, they will break your heart. Let’s look at who the Braves drafted recently and the players who were drafted around them by other teams. I’ll tell you a brief story from my intern year in baseball operations with the Atlanta Braves. It was … a while ago. But one of the main responsibilities I was warned about was that I was going to have to do all sorts ...2025
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• Yankees series preview: Can Royals pitchers contain Aaron Judge?

Photo by Ed Zurga/Getty Images Jac Caglianone makes his home debut against the Bronx Bombers The Yankees visit Kauffman Stadium this week, giving the Royals a good test of their abilities and stirring feelings of animosity among the fanbase. The Yankees gave the Royals a good thumping in a sweep at Yankee Stadium back in April. The Royals will try to win a home series against the Yankees f...2025
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• Royals Rumblings - News for April 7, 2025

Benny Sieu-Imagn Images Kris is Bubalicious. Bobby Witt Jr. fell a home run short of the cycle on Sunday. The elusive cycle remains at large for the time being. “In some ways, it’s luck,” Witt said. “But in some ways, you just let the game happen.” Anne Rogers writes about Kris Bubic’s dominant start on Sunday. Bubic has always had a good changeup, but it has way more depth to it now t...2025
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• 2024 World Series Preview: Yankees vs. Dodgers

The Fall Classic will return to Yankee Stadium for the first time in 15 years, but Shohei Ohtani’s Dodgers have every intention of spoiling the party. Yankees vs. Dodgers has probably been one of the most common World Series predictions of the past decade. They’re both consistent powerhouse teams with loads of star power, and both have made the playoffs in every season since 2017 (save for the Yan...2024
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• ALDS series preview: The Boys vs. The Bronx Bombers

Photo by Jim McIsaac/Getty Images The Royals face the Yankees in the playoffs for the first time since 1980. In the 1970s and 80s, the Royals and Yankees had a heated rivalry, facing each other in the American League Championship series four times. The Yankees won three of those matchups, winning championships in 1977 and 1978. The Royals got bad in the 90s while the Yankees built a dynast...2024
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• MLB Playoffs: American League Preview

Even in a relative down season, the Astros might very well extend their ALCS streak. Will any American League team make like the Rangers and topple them? During the decade-plus of MLB play from 2005-16, only two American League teams won at least 100 games. Outside of the 2008 Angels and 2009 Yankees, it was always a scramble of several good teams, but no true slam-dunk standouts (and even the ‘08...2024
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• Yankees series preview: Just like old times

Photo by Jim McIsaac/Getty Images The Royals and Yankees had a great playoff rivalry that could be renewed this fall. The Royals and Yankees had a terrific post-season rivalry in the 70s, meeting four times in the ALCS. Those gave Royals fans some of the most heartbreaking losses in club history until Kansas City finally broke through to win the pennant in 1980. It is possible the two team...2024
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• On The Horizon: Cubs vs. Yankees series preview

Photo by Chris Bernacchi/Diamond Images via Getty Images The Bronx Bombers visit Wrigley Field for the first time in seven years. Aaron Judge has played just three career games at Wrigley Field, all of them in 2017, which was the last time the Yankees played at the Friendly Confines. In those games he went 3-for-13 with four strikeouts and no home runs. Those games were in Judge’s first fu...2024
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"Austin Wells has concerning reply to Cody Bellinger’s Instagram post as Yankees fans plead for free agent to stay"

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"Former Yankees pitcher Nestor Cortes gave up first-inning home runs to Paul Goldschmidt, Cody Bellinger, Aaron Judge and Austin Wells in his return to the Bronx with the Brewers."

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"How Yankees catcher Austin Wells went from platoon player to Rookie of the Year contender"

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"In the fourth, he gave up a three-run home run to rookie catcher Austin Wells."

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"Yankees committed to keeping prospect Austin Wells at catcher"

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"Top prospect Austin Wells thinks he can be the Yankees' future backstop, but does the team have other plans for him?"

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"The Yankees and catcher Austin Wells, who was picked 28th overall in the amateur draft, agreed to a minor league contract with a $2."

• Yankees place Austin Wells on IL, call up J.C. Escarra one day after demotion in wild catching shuffle
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• Preseason Prep - March 24, 2026
William Contreras, C, Milwaukee Brewers Contreras was a staple for fantasy managers looking to gain an edge at a thin position. He posted an xwOBACON over .380 every year of his career and a barrel rate over 9%. 2025 was different, where he set career lows in both of those categories. Conversely, he set a career best in K/BB rate, and his hard hit rate, EV, and LASS were all in line with career av...2026
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• Austin Wells has concerning reply to Cody Bellinger’s Instagram post as Yankees fans plead for free agent to stay

Could the Yankees' starting catcher have caught wind of a major departure?...2026
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• 2025 MLB Draft: Rays select OF Brendan Summerhill No. 42 overall
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• Cubs 4, Yankees 1: Shōta Imanaga leads the way

Gregory Fisher-Imagn Images The Cubs homered twice and won the series from the Yankees. After a blowout loss Friday, the Cubs really needed to get back on track and take a pair from the Yankees, and that’s exactly what they did, finishing up with a solid 4-1 victory Sunday behind outstanding pitching from Shōta Imanaga and home runs by Michael Busch and Dansby Swanson. Busch, in fact, did ...2025
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• Feeling a draft in here (Part 1)
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• Yankees series preview: Can Royals pitchers contain Aaron Judge?
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• Rays 3, Yankees 2: Rays Snap Skid

Wendell Cruz-Imagn Images Taylor Walls and Curtis Mead pack the punch as Rays win in the Bronx New York, New York. “That’s Life”, by Frank Sinatra would play as patrons leave Yankee Stadium today, as the Rays win a nail-biter 3-2. The scoring started with Aaron Judge homering on the first Zack Littell offering he saw to get the Yankees jump-started 1-0. In the following half inning, T...2025
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• MLB’s 7 most desperate teams to win 2025 World Series

Photo by Luke Hales/Getty Images For these seven teams, the stakes are higher than high. Every team wants to win the World Series. Yes, even the bad teams, the ones that don’t appear to be trying, want to win it all. They’d love nothing more than to luck into a Cinderella season and host a parade, but for some teams, hoisting the World Series trophy is more than an idle desire. It’s an obs...2024
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• Bobby Witt Jr. named MVP finalist, Seth Lugo up for Cy Young

Denny Medley-Imagn Images Matt Quatraro is up for Manager of the Year Improving by 30 wins and making a surprise playoff appearance is earning the Royals some accolades. Bobby Witt Jr. has just enjoyed one of the best seasons in Royals history, and to no surprise, he has been named a finalist for the American League MVP award. Pitcher Seth Lugo has been named a Cy Young Award finalist in h...2024
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• Preseason Prep - March 24, 2026
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• Cubs 4, Yankees 1: Shōta Imanaga leads the way
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• Padres bullpen implodes in loss to Yankees

Wandy Peralta | Photo by Elsa/Getty Images Michael King allows two runs, leaves game with one-run lead A 10-run bottom of the seventh inning resulted in a 12-3 loss for the San Diego Padres against the New York Yankees at Yankee Stadium, Tuesday. It was the first time this season the best bullpen in baseball looked pedestrian. First awful bullpen day of the year for the #Padres— Jim Russ...2025
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• Yankee bats remain on fire as they demolish Brewers again

Brad Penner-Imagn Images The 12-3 Yankee victory secured a series sweep Box Score The Brewers will never be more thankful to be leaving New York City. A horror show of a series ended today with a beatdown that was only not more notable because it wasn’t quite as bad as yesterday’s beatdown. It was a different cast of pitchers but the same result this afternoon, as the New York Yankees jump...2025
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• Yankee bats remain on fire as they demolish Brewers again

Brad Penner-Imagn Images The 12-3 Yankee victory secured a series sweep Box Score The Brewers will never be more thankful to be leaving New York City. A horror show of a series ended today with a beatdown that was only not more notable because it wasn’t quite as bad as yesterday’s beatdown. It was a different cast of pitchers but the same result this afternoon, as the New York Yankees jump...2025
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• Spencer Schwellenbach dominates and Austin Riley hits a bomb, as Braves beat the Yankees

Spencer Schwellenbach looked good against the Yankees | Jonathan Dyer-Imagn Images Schwellenbach had ten strikeouts to only one walk in 6.0 innings and Austin Riley hit a HR. The Atlanta Braves took on the New York Yankees away as spring training is coming to a close. Spencer Schwellenbach was on the bump against a lineup that featured the reigning AL MVP Aaron Judge. Schwellenbach startin...2025
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• 2024 World Series: Predicting the winner of Yankees vs Dodgers in the Fall Classic

Photo by Maddie Meyer/Getty Images Which team will emerge victorious from this heavyweight fight? The highly anticipated 2024 World Series between the Los Angeles Dodgers and the New York Yankees is set to kick off tonight at 8:08 pm on FOX. The Yankees, unquestionably the most popular and most successful franchise in Major League Baseball, are making their first World Series appearance si...2024
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• 2024 World Series Preview: Yankees vs. Dodgers
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• Know your enemy: Q&A with Andrew Means of Pinstripe Alley

Photo by Luke Hales/Getty Images The Royals take on the Bronx Bombers. The Royals continue to stun the baseball world after a 106-loss season by advancing to the American League Divisional Series where they will take on the vaunted New York Yankees, who won 94 games and earned the top seed in the American League. I talked to Andrew Means, site editor at Pinstripe Alley, to get his perspect...2024
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• MLB Playoffs: ALDS Preview

The AL Central takes center stage in the ALDS! The Royals and Yankees renew an old playoff rivalry while the upstart Tigers and Guardians duke it out. The American League Central doesn’t get much respect. Some of this is due to its history as one of baseball’s “newer” divisions. The AL Central’s only two World Series champions in 30 seasons of play are the 2005 White Sox and 2015 Royals. Neither w...2024
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• Outside The Confines: Monday morning MLB moments

Photo by Kevin D. Liles/Atlanta Braves/Getty Images Little tidbits from the weekend. Happy Monday, everyone. Plenty of fun stuff to catch up on from the weekend! We can see what happens when one of the tallest pitchers in baseball stands beside one of the shortest players. Elly De La Cruz fumbled a steal in fairly hilarious fashion. How are the Red Sox now celebrating their home runs? And...2025
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• Royals Rumblings - News for April 7, 2025
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• Yankee bats remain on fire as they demolish Brewers again
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• Yankee bats remain on fire as they demolish Brewers again
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• Spencer Schwellenbach dominates and Austin Riley hits a bomb, as Braves beat the Yankees
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• MLB’s 7 most desperate teams to win 2025 World Series
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• 2024 World Series: Predicting the winner of Yankees vs Dodgers in the Fall Classic
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• 2024 World Series Preview: Yankees vs. Dodgers
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• MLB Playoffs: Underdog Guardians look to knock out big, bad Yankees

The Yankees’ championship drought is a feast compared to the Guardians’. Who will get a chance to snap it? The Championship Series is upon us and only four teams remain from the 30 who began the MLB season back in March. October winnowed the field to 12 playoff teams, the Wild Card round cut out four more, and now, the New York Yankees, Cleveland Guardians, New York Mets, and Los Angeles Dodgers a...2024
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• Royals lose seesaw affair, 6-5

Kansas City Royals pitcher John Schreiber (46) reacts during the fifth inning against the New York Yankees during game one of the ALDS for the 2024 MLB Playoffs at Yankee Stadium. | Brad Penner-Imagn Images Neither team’s best MVP candidate could come up with a hit in this one From the first inning it was obvious that neither team was going to be content to have one of the low-scoring affa...2024
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• Big first inning is all Royals need in 12-5 win over Yankees

Denny Medley-USA TODAY Sports Bobby Witt Jr. joins the 30/30 club. The Royals piled on nine runs in the first inning off Yankees lefty Carlos Rodón on their way to a 12-5 win over the Yankees on Friday evening. Rodón faced eight hitters and failed to retire any of them before exiting the game. Bobby Witt Jr. also hit his 30th home run, joining the 30/30 club. Rodón signed a $162 million d...2023
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• How Yankees catcher Austin Wells went from platoon player to Rookie of the Year contender

The former first-round draft pick has found himself a starting job thanks to his bat and his improved defense...2024
• Yankees To Promote Jasson Domínguez, Austin Wells
The Yankees are calling up outfield prospect Jasson Domínguez, reports Bryan Hoch of MLB.com. Catching prospect Austin Wells will be promoted as well, per Greg Joyce and Joel Sherman of The New York Post. Both looming promotions were reported on earlier today. Neither player is on the 40-man roster but the Yanks already opened a…...2023
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• Royals lose seesaw affair, 6-5
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• Yankees slug four HRs in 1st inning off Cortes
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• The Royals offense and season goes out with a whimper, falling 3-1 to the Yankees

Jay Biggerstaff-Imagn Images It was a heckuva season, friends Had every Kansas City Royals fan been asked how they would feel if the 2024 season ended with a loss to the New York Yankees in the American League Divisional Series, we would have all taken it in a heartbeat. Fangraphs projected 75 wins for Kansas City this season, a significant 19-game improvement off their 56 in 2023, but sti...2024
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• WATCH: Catcher Austin Wells makes Yankees history with leadoff home run on 2025 Opening Day

Wells is the first catcher to ever hit leadoff for the Yankees...2025
• Cubs 4, Yankees 1: Shōta Imanaga leads the way
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• Preseason Prep - March 24, 2026
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• Cristopher Sanchez, the next Logan Webb? - September 10th, 2024
Cristopher Sanchez (SP - PHI) - Sanchez had a very solid outing against the Rays on Monday, tossing 6 shutout innings while allowing just 4 singles and a walk with 4 K's. In typical Sanchez fashion, he generated 17 swinging strikes on just 94 pitches but only managed 4 strikeouts. Sanchez is a perfect example of a pitcher that is often overlooked: his strengths are GB% and BB% (5th and 20th among ...2024
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• O'Hearn's Performance Doesn't Suffer With More PT- August 10, 2024
Ryan O'Hearn- OF- BAL- Hot- O'Hearn picked up his second straight multi-hit game by going 2-for-3 with a walk and 2 RBI last night. For the season he is slashing .274/.352/.452 with 12 homers in 364 PAs. O'Hearn has showed excellent plate discipline, with a 25.2% chase rate and 6.9% SwStr% resulting in a 10.4% BB% and 12.9% K%. He has been underperforming his metrics, with an xBA of .283 and xSLG ...2024
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• Preseason Prep - March 24, 2026
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• Gerrit Cole pitches scoreless inning in first spring training appearance since Tommy John surgery
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• Yankees’ Austin Wells belts first spring home run before WBC exit

Observations from the Yankees spring training on Saturday....2026
• Yankees’ ABS era starts with Austin Wells losing a challenge in spring opener

Observations from Yankees’ spring training on Friday....2026
• Yankees’ Austin Wells, Giancarlo Stanton belt homers off new reliever fighting for spot

Observations from Yankees’ spring training on Thursday in Tampa....2026
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• Austin Wells has concerning reply to Cody Bellinger’s Instagram post as Yankees fans plead for free agent to stay
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• Offense and Spencer Strider shine against Yankees

Spencer Strider got the job done | Dale Zanine-Imagn Images The Braves had one of their most complete games of the season The Atlanta Braves took on the New York Yankees tonight and the key was clearly that the offense had to show up since the Yankees’ bats have been on fire all season long. With Spencer Strider on the mound, the Braves had a legitimate shot to win if their bats showed up...2025
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• 2025 MLB Draft: Rays select OF Brendan Summerhill No. 42 overall
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• Cubs 4, Yankees 1: Shōta Imanaga leads the way
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• Trent Grisham belts homer in return to Yankees lineup after hamstring issue

After both made cameos off the bench Wednesday night, Trent Grisham and Austin Wells returned to the Yankees lineup Thursday....2025
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• Offense and Spencer Strider shine against Yankees
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• 2024 World Series: Predicting the winner of Yankees vs Dodgers in the Fall Classic
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• MLB Playoffs: Underdog Guardians look to knock out big, bad Yankees
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• MLB Playoffs: American League Preview
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