WATCH: Yankees’ Austin Wells slugs first MLB homer

Josh Benjamin • 09/20/2023

Mandatory Credit: Charles LeClaire-USA TODAY Sports

Yankees catching prospect Austin Wells caught up with his fellow Baby Bombers and hit his first career home run on Wednesday.

Wells’ garbage time solo shot came off of former Yankee Erik Swanson. Statcast measured it at 416 feet and, at best, it kept the Yankees from getting shut out.

First big league homer for Austin Wells!

The No. 8 @Yankees prospect wallops a 416 ft roundtripper to the second deck. pic.twitter.com/mUbfKJ2edY

— MLB Pipeline (@MLBPipeline) September 21, 2023

Toronto won the game 6-1, further imperiling the Yankees’ playoff hopes.

Josh Benjamin

Josh Benjamin has been a staff writer at ESNY since 2018. He has had opinions about everything, especially the Yankees and Knicks. He co-hosts the “Bleacher Creatures” podcast and is always looking for new pieces of sports history to uncover, usually with a Yankee Tavern chicken parm sub in hand.