Austin Wells somehow keeps getting worse
The Yankees losing streak hits SEVEN games as Jomboy & Jake are dumbfounded by some of the team's decisions
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I'm giving out the Bench Me Award Jazz Chisholm.
the Bench Me Award goes to Austin Wells.
Oh.
Twice he got pinch hit for, and the guys that came in for him and pinch hit got hits.
Yeah.
Rosario hits the homer in the first game, Spencer Jones gets a hit in this game.
Not a reflection on his play, although it could be.
Oh my God.
What was that?
Wells' numbers since returning.
What?
Did you read them?
Mm-mm.
Batting average and on-base percentage are the same- Huh for Austin Wells since returning, so that's good.
.400, .400?
087, 087.
Slug is higher, 130.
And OPS is higher, 217.
If you remember, he was scuffling before he rejoined the team, too.
Oh, yep, I am seeing that here.
Yeah.
In his last 96 plate appearances- 112 batting average, 177 on base percentage, 157 slug, 334 OPS.
Well, he was so hot before that, I'm, I'm sure.
Yeah, before that- mm-mm and all of last year.
It's crazy that it's declining, 'cause there wasn't a lot of area for that.
If Wellsie looks the same against the Twins, if you give him those two starters and he looks the same, I think you have to get the head checked some more.
Whatever you gotta do to say, "Hey, let's give you a break."
Whatever the public needs to hear for it- Right so it's not, "You're benched."
And you roll with Escar and Sanchez, who at least maybe, hopefully can grind something out, I don't know, and give Wells the rest and the hitting practice and the mental escape that he needs.
Hopefully it works.
You're not gonna be able to trade for a catcher until after the MLB draft.
No one trades.
And then even after that, a couple weeks after that- Not performing
