Yankees Manager Sends Stern Message to Austin Wells

New York Yankees supervisor Aaron Boone has despatched a stern message to Austin Wells forward of the New York Mets sequence.

Wells is the Yankees’ beginning catcher, however he has struggled this season, and Boone desires extra from him.

“I expect there to be more in there,” Boone said about Wells. “I feel like he’s capable of more. It’s been a little bit of a struggle. I feel like he’s had, for the most part, some pretty steady at-bats against right-handed pitching. I like the fact that he is walking a little bit, but he’s capable of more.”

Wells was an affect hitter for the Yankees final season, however this yr, the veteran catcher has struggled, and Boone has now referred to as him out.

Wells is hitting .180 with 3 home runs and 5 RBIs in 100 at-batsas his bat has gone chilly this season. Last season, he hit .219 with 21 dwelling runs and 71 RBIs, displaying there’s extra energy within the bat than Wells is not displaying this season.

Although Wells is struggling on the plate, so too is backup catcher JC Escarra, who’s hitting .182 with simply 6 RBIs as he has 8 hits in 44 at-bats.

Wells Has Improved Defensive Game

Although Wells has struggled on the plate, his defensive recreation has gotten higher.

Wells has improved defensively, which he mentioned was a objective, as he is aware of he wasn’t a very good catcher by MLB requirements.

“I knew I wasn’t good, per se, but I knew that the work that I was doing was going to end up where I needed to be,” Wells said. “And that I’d continue to do that work to get where I wanted to be in the end. I think the more experience that I’ve gotten, and the easier that it comes, the more that I realize that what I was doing before isn’t even close to the level that I am now.”

Although Wells is a significantly better defensive catcher, his offense has taken a success this season, and Boone and the Yankees need extra from him.

Yankees Eager for Mets Series

New York, in the meantime, will start a three-game street sequence towards the Mets on Friday as a part of the Subway Series.

Although the Mets received off to a nasty begin, New York has began to play higher, and Aaron Judge admits he is not certain why they had been unhealthy to begin the yr.

“I really don’t understand it,” Judge mentioned of the Mets’ struggles. “They’ve got a great manager with (Carlos Mendoza) over there. They’ve got a great lineup, a great pitching staff. It’s baseball. … You can’t really judge a team off of six weeks of the season. If you did that, you could take six weeks that we’re struggling and say we’re the worst team out there. They’ve got a good ball club over there.”

The Yankees, in the meantime, are wanting to get again on monitor after a disappointing street journey.

“It’s a tough road trip,” Judge mentioned. “You’re gonna have two or three of those during the year. It’s about how you respond. Nothing we can do about it now.”

New York is 27-17 and in second place within the AL East.

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