Austin Wells

Bats L Throws R6'0" 220 lbBorn 1999 Scottsdale, USADebut 2023Team NYYDraft 2018 R35 #1057 New York Yankees, Bishop Gorman HSContract 1 y/$866,200 (26) 2026: $866,200

Projections

2027 NEXT+ 123.9FIELD+ 110.6 at CTotal 1.92 WAR

Season	PA	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	BB	SO	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	ISO	wOBA	K%	BB%	HIT+	WAR
2026	346	306	70	15	1	14	32	84	4	0.228	0.306	0.418	0.723	0.190	0.315	24.3	9.3	101.9	1.16
2027	312	275	60	12	1	12	30	78	3	0.218	0.300	0.395	0.694	0.177	0.304	25.0	9.7	91.1	0.63

Projected rates are per plate appearance or batter faced; counting stats scale with projected playing time. Statcast measurements inform these projections as inputs and are reported as measurements, not projected.

Most similar through age 25

His ten closest age-25 comparables averaged 100 HIT+ the next season; 10 of 10 played. Averages cover only the players who got a next season, which is why the played count matters.

#	Player	Through	HIT+ then	Next season	Next PA / BF
1	Miguel Montero	2009	94.6	101.5	331
2	A. J. Pierzynski	2002	99.0	111.9	533
3	Clay Dalrymple	1962	90.5	96.3	511
4	Ed Herrmann	1972	99.1	74.0	425
5	Joe Ginsberg	1952	91.3	101.4	192
6	Mike Scioscia	1984	90.8	139.9	525
7	Smoky Burgess	1952	102.7	106.0	351
8	Russ Nixon	1960	87.9	81.9	262
9	Frank House	1955	89.3	70.6	348
10	Ivey Wingo	1916	88.8	112.0	432

Batting

Year	Team	G	PA	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	HIT+
2027 proj			312		60	12	1	12		3	30	78	0.218	0.300	0.395	0.694	91.1
2026*	NYA	91	287	25	44	6	0	8		2	31	73	0.175	0.269	0.294	0.563	62.1
2025	NYY	126	447	51	88	22	1	21	71	5	30	118	0.219	0.275	0.436	0.712	92.2
2024	NYY	115	414	42	81	18	1	13	55	1	47	87	0.229	0.322	0.395	0.718	104.3
2023	NYY	19	74	8	16	6	0	4	13	0	3	14	0.229	0.257	0.486	0.742	92.6
Career		260	935	101	185	46	2	38	139	6	80	219	0.224	0.294	0.423	0.717	97.6

Statcast

Year	PA	EV	LA	Barrel%	HardHit%	Whiff%	Chase%	xBA	xSLG	xwOBA	Sprint
2026	287	88.9	19.6	6.6	42.5	28.4	29.0	0.210	0.358	0.291	25.9
2025	448	90.6	20.7	10.2	45.2	27.4	29.2	0.214	0.399	0.294	26.4
2024	414	88.4	17.1	9.1	38.9	27.3	25.5	0.242	0.439	0.343	26.7
2023	75	89.5	13.6	14.0	42.1	29.6	37.0	0.276	0.581	0.369	26.7

Fielding

Year	Team	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Runs saved
2025	NYY	C	122	1001	1001	36	3	5	0.997	+11.7
2024	NYY	C	110	872	892	33	11	5	0.988	+10.8
2023	NYY	C	19	158	171	3	1	0	0.994	+0.0

Runs saved covers the Statcast era; for catchers it includes framing.

Minor leagues

Year	Level	Team	Side	PA / BF	Line	AVG / ERA	OPS
2023	AAA	Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders	Bat	146	5 HR, 2 SB	0.254	0.801
2023	AA	Somerset Patriots	Bat	263	11 HR, 5 SB	0.237	0.770
2023	A	Tampa Tarpons	Bat	20	1 HR, 0 SB	0.176	0.653
2022	AA	Somerset Patriots	Bat	247	12 HR, 7 SB	0.261	0.839
2022	A+	Hudson Valley Renegades	Bat	121	6 HR, 9 SB	0.323	1.005
2022	A	Tampa Tarpons	Bat	34	2 HR, 0 SB	0.231	0.950
2021	A+	Hudson Valley Renegades	Bat	170	7 HR, 5 SB	0.274	0.849
2021	A	Tampa Tarpons	Bat	299	9 HR, 11 SB	0.258	0.877

Splits

Year	vs LHP	vs RHP	Home	Away
2026	0.183	0.287	0.287	0.235
2025	0.312	0.308	0.297	0.321
2024	0.264	0.337	0.332	0.316
2023	0.000	0.344	0.291	0.332

wOBA by split, from pitch level data, 2015 on. For pitchers the split is the batter side faced.

Postseason batting

Year	G	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
2025	7	22	1	5	0	0	3	0	1	6	0.227	0.261	0.227	0.488
2024	14	50	3	6	1	2	4	1	4	22	0.120	0.200	0.260	0.460
Career	21	72	4	11	1	2	7	1	5	28	0.153	0.218	0.250	0.468