The New York Yankees surprised many sportswriters, including this one, when they selected Austin Wells in the first round of the 2020 MLB Draft. Most writers before the draft zoned in on Carson Tucker and Justin Foscue and a few others to be Yankee targets. With James Paxton, Masahiro Tanaka becoming free agents, and Luis Severino out for the season, you might have assumed they would go after a pitcher for depth. So why did the Yankees select the catcher Wells whose backstop abilities are suspect? It wasn’t to add another catcher; it is because he is a left-handed power bat, which the Yankees direly need.
New York Yankees: Why did the Yankees pick Catcher Austin Wells in the MLB Draft?
