MLB Opening Day 2025: Austin Wells begins Yankees season with home run as first catcher to bat leadoff in franchise history
Wells is the first catcher to ever bat leadoff in Yankees history.
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New York Yankees catcher Austin Wells immediately justified the decision to bat him leadoff. Atop the Yankees' Opening Day lineup, Wells put his team on the board first with a home run off Freddy Peralta.
With that leadoff homer, Wells wasn't only the first Yankees catcher to hit a home run to begin a game but he was the first at his position to do so in MLB history, according to MLB.
Instant offense.@wellsius16 ???? pic.twitter.com/oAHKDhSOnc— New York Yankees (@Yankees) March 27, 2025
Wells, 24, is the first Yankees catcher to ever bat leadoff and was confirmed for that spot earlier this week by manager Aaron Boone.
