{"id":481601,"date":"2026-02-21T09:02:08","date_gmt":"2026-02-21T09:02:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/481601\/"},"modified":"2026-02-21T09:02:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-21T09:02:08","slug":"austin-wells-loses-abs-challenge-for-yankees-in-spring-opener","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/481601\/","title":{"rendered":"Austin Wells loses ABS challenge for Yankees in spring opener"},"content":{"rendered":"

Observations from Yankees\u2019 spring training on Friday:<\/p>\n

Touch base<\/p>\n

Jazz Chisholm Jr. was on base twice<\/a> in the 2-0 loss to the Orioles, roping a single off tough lefty Trevor Rogers and later drawing a walk.<\/p>\n

Doesn\u2019t compute<\/p>\n

Austin Wells challenged a pitch in the fourth inning, trying to get a ball turned into a strike for his pitcher, Jake Bird. <\/p>\n

\"NewAustin Wells is pictured during the Yankees\u2019 spring training session Feb. 15. Charles Wenzelberg<\/p>\n

But the ABS system showed Bird\u2019s curveball was, in fact, well below the zone, as the Yankees lost a challenge.<\/p>\n

Caught my eye<\/p>\n

Center fielder Kenedy Corona provided the web gem of the day, diving into the gap to make a grab and rob Pete Alonso of extra bases. <\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\t\tGo beyond the box score with the Bombers\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n

\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSign up for Inside the Yankees by Greg Joyce, exclusively on Sports+.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\tThank you\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n

The non-roster invitee won a minor league Gold Glove in 2023.<\/p>\n

Tomorrow\u2019s schedule<\/p>\n

Top pitching prospect Carlos Lagrange will start the Yankees\u2019 Grapefruit League home opener against the Tigers, with Aaron Judge among the regulars expected to be in the lineup.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Observations from Yankees\u2019 spring training on Friday: Touch base Jazz Chisholm Jr. was on base twice in the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":481602,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[65],"tags":[4700,363,369,99,63077],"class_list":{"0":"post-481601","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-mlb","8":"tag-austin-wells","9":"tag-mlb","10":"tag-new-york-yankees","11":"tag-sports","12":"tag-spring-training"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/481601","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=481601"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/481601\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/481602"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=481601"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=481601"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=481601"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}