Austin Wells became the first Yankees catcher ever to start in the leadoff spot and he homered in his first at-bat to make even more history.

In an electrifying start to the Major League Baseball season, New York Yankees catcher Austin Wells made headlines by hitting a historical leadoff home run on Opening Day. As the first Yankees catcher to accomplish this feat and the first in league history to do so on Opening Day,

“Awful,” one National League scout assigned to the Yankees' system said recently of his impressions of Wells defensively when he first saw him with Low-A Tampa in 2021. “I mean, really bad.” “Couldn’t throw,” said another NL scout who covers the Yankees’ minor leagues.