Frontier League All-Star John Cristino is moving to New York. Cristino has signed with the Major League Baseball team the New ...

Wells became the first catcher to hit leadoff for the Yankees, who were established in 1913. And he led off the opener with a ...

Escarra made the Yankees nearly two years after he worked as a substitute teacher and Uber driver to make ends meet.

NEW YORK – Austin Wells said he never thought of himself as a leadoff hitter; the heart of the lineup had always felt like more of a natural fit, going back to his days in Little League. In fact, when ...

The New York Yankees called up J.C. Escarra to the major league after the catcher was living 'paycheck to paycheck' and ...

NEW YORK-- For the first time in franchise history, the New York Yankees batted a catcher in the leadoff spot Thursday, and it did not take Austin Wells long to make an impact on Opening Day.

TAMPA — Over the last 16 months alone, the Yankees have traded away five catchers, and still, they are likely to carry three catchers they feel strongly about on the Opening Day roster.

New York Yankees catcher Austin Wells etched himself into the history books in the team’s opening-day game against the Milwaukee Brewers on Thursday at Yankee Stadium. Wells, 25, had already ...

Austin Wells’ tenure as the Yankees leadoff hitter got off to a strong start. Wells — the first catcher in the Yankees’ 123-year history to start a game in the leadoff spot — crushed a ...