New York Yankees manager Aaron Boone revealed a surprising new plan for how the team will deploy its catching tandem.
head into the regular season's home stretch in a dogfight with the Baltimore Orioles for top record in the AL East.
The Yankees have relied on a high-powered offense that has propelled the team to the best run differential in the league at +116 entering play on Tuesday night. The majority of this potent attack is etched in stone, but manager Aaron Boone has now surprisingly indicated a platoon behind the plate.reported. Austin Wells will see the majority of his action behind the plate against right-handed pitchers. He is also likely to start against a lefty on Wednesday, per Goodman.
Wells, 25, is hitting .352 with a .964 OPS in 17 games in the No. 4 hole. He has quickly become a key contributor to the Yankee offense, which is what makes this idea for a platoon a bit more puzzling.
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