{"id":39102,"date":"2025-04-07T03:06:04","date_gmt":"2025-04-07T03:06:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=39102"},"modified":"2025-04-07T03:06:04","modified_gmt":"2025-04-07T03:06:04","slug":"yankees-catcher-goes-viral-with-hilarious-burrito-ratings-on-instagram","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=39102","title":{"rendered":"Yankees Catcher Goes Viral with Hilarious Burrito Ratings on Instagram"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"lzy it-large_16_9\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" flipboard-image\" src=\"http:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/ybmedia\/image\/upload\/c_crop,h_1123,w_2000,x_0,y_25\/c_fill,f_auto,h_900,q_auto,w_1600\/v1\/m\/0\/6\/06950cf5c59ad5b477af4317adc00401742da510\/apr-5-2025-pittsburgh-pennsylvania-usa-new-york.jpg\" alt=\"Yankees catcher goes viral for his Instagram burrito ratings\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\" \/><\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"aph_inner\">\n<div class=\"image-caption\">Charles LeClaire-Imagn Images<\/div>\n<div>\n<div id=\"ac_100118634\" class=\"article_chunk type_50\">\n<div class=\"froala-view custom-theme first_text_block\">\n<p>New York Yankees\u00a0catcher Austin Wells has a new side hustle, and it involves rating breakfast burritos in visiting clubhouses.<\/p>\n<p>Wells\u00a0launched an Instagram account\u00a0dedicated solely to the quest of rating breakfast burritos on road trips this season. The mission statement, according to the account\u2019s bio, is simple: \u201cI am here to rank the Well(s) done road clubhouse breakfast burritos!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Wells shared his first breakfast burrito rating on Friday, giving the Chorizo Breakfast Burrito at Pittsburgh\u2019s PNC Park an impressive 87\/100.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"ac_100118635\" class=\"article_chunk type_51\"><center><iframe id=\"instagram-embed-0\" class=\"instagram-media instagram-media-rendered\" src=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DICKFNapHIZ\/embed\/captioned\/?cr=1&amp;v=14&amp;wp=540&amp;rd=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.yardbarker.com&amp;rp=%2Fmlb%2Farticles%2Fyankees_catcher_goes_viral_for_his_instagram_burrito_ratings%2Fs1_127_42014117#%7B%22ci%22%3A0%2C%22os%22%3A2154.399999976158%7D\" height=\"1005\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-instgrm-payload-id=\"instagram-media-payload-0\" data-gtm-yt-inspected-8=\"true\"><\/iframe><\/center><\/div>\n<div id=\"ac_100118636\" class=\"article_chunk type_50\">\n<div class=\"froala-view custom-theme \">\n<p>According to Wells, the inspiration is simple. He just likes breakfast burritos a lot.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat inspired me? Well, I just really liked breakfast burritos,\u201d Wells said,\u00a0via Bryan Hoch of MLB.com. \u201cWe always have them everywhere we go on the road. I was like, \u2018I\u2019m just going to make a joke and make a little Instagram account, maybe have some teammates follow me and post something about it.\u2019 Now it\u2019s not a small thing anymore.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As of Sunday evening, Wells\u2019 account had racked up 59,000 followers on Instagram, and\u00a0inspired a copycat account from Yankees broadcaster Michael Kay\u00a0dedicated to rating press box chicken tenders.<\/p>\n<p>The Yankees certainly have an interesting clubhouse. Last season they\u00a0embraced the use of scented candles, and now they have a burrito aficionado putting visiting clubhouses to the test. 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