{"id":36613,"date":"2025-03-28T07:21:04","date_gmt":"2025-03-28T07:21:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=36613"},"modified":"2025-03-28T07:21:04","modified_gmt":"2025-03-28T07:21:04","slug":"yankees-catcher-goes-first-goes-deep-and-goes-into-history-on-opening-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=36613","title":{"rendered":"Yankees Catcher Goes First, Goes Deep, and Goes into History on Opening Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"m-detail-header--dek\">Austin Wells opened 2025 with a first-of-its-kind home run.<\/div>\n<div class=\"m-detail-header--flexbox\">\n<div class=\"m-detail-header--meta\">\n<div class=\"m-description--list\">\n<div class=\"m-detail--body\">\n<p>When Austin Wells makes history, well, he really doubles down and makes history. .<\/p>\n<p>In his very first plate appearance of the 2025 season, Wells launched a leadoff home run to right field. Not only did he become the first catcher to lead off for the Yankees in their 123-year history, but he also became the first player in the franchise\u2019s history to hit a leadoff home run on Opening Day.<\/p>\n<p>Let that sink in for a moment. Not Derek Jeter. Not Rickey Henderson. 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The Yankees manager said all along he planned to use Wells as a leadoff hitter in the season. The decision was based on Wells\u2019 strong spring and Boone\u2019s trust in his ability to grind out at-bats against right-handers.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"m-in-content-ad-row l-inline mm-in-content-ad-row--in-content not-size-a not-size-b not-size-d\" data-ad-group=\"in_content-1\">\n<div class=\"m-in-content-ad not-size-a not-size-b not-size-d\" data-ad-group=\"in_content-1\" data-zone-count=\"2\">\n<div class=\"not-size-a not-size-b not-size-d m-in-content-ad is-loaded\">\n<div id=\"ad-in_content-263d772fb3f84922bd3a334b40afdbda\" data-google-query-id=\"CIPEq5ierIwDFVGApgMdwoQ2kg\" data-ad-size=\"0x0\">\n<div id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/88059007\/athlonsports.com\/mlb\/new-york-yankees_6__container__\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/88059007\/athlonsports.com\/mlb\/new-york-yankees_6\" tabindex=\"0\" title=\"3rd party ad content\" src=\"https:\/\/b359aa192793af7da63a0e53d9522338.safeframe.googlesyndication.com\/safeframe\/1-0-41\/html\/container.html\" name=\"\" width=\"0\" height=\"235\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" sandbox=\"allow-forms allow-popups allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox allow-same-origin allow-scripts allow-top-navigation-by-user-activation\" data-is-safeframe=\"true\" aria-label=\"Advertisement\" data-google-container-id=\"7\" data-load-complete=\"true\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<div class=\"m-detail--body-item m-detail--body-twitter-embed\">\n<figure class=\"m-embed mm-embed--twitter l-inline\">\n<div class=\"rna-container rh-ineligible\" data-embed-url=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Yankees\/status\/1905339946589618678\" data-rhp=\"1\">\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-0\" class=\"\" title=\"X Post\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/Tweet.html?creatorScreenName=ByKristieAckert&amp;dnt=false&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-0&amp;features=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%3D%3D&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1905339946589618678&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fathlonsports.com%2Fmlb%2Fnew-york-yankees%2Fyankees-catcher-goes-first-goes-deep-and-goes-into-history-on-opening-day&amp;sessionId=5c6370178cb25cfb60d9f6084ec0f03d0620c64a&amp;siteScreenName=athlonsports&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=2615f7e52b7e0%3A1702314776716&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"1905339946589618678\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>And just to put a little more juice behind the Yankees\u2019 start, Anthony Volpe\u2014Wells\u2019 close friend \u2014followed it up with a solo shot of his own in the second inning.<\/p>\n<p>It was the feel-good start the Yankees needed. After a spring full of injuries, they began 2025 without ace\u00a0Gerrit Cole, who will miss the year after Tommy John surgery, and slugger Giancarlo Stanton, who is on the injured list with tendinitis in both his elbows.<\/p>\n<p>It was reassuring to see the younger Yankees stars step up in a big spot.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<footer class=\"m-detail--footer\"><\/footer>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Austin Wells opened 2025 with a first-of-its-kind home run. When Austin Wells makes history, well, he really doubles down and makes history. . 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