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“Breaking Barriers: Austin Wells Makes History with Stunning Leadoff Homer on Opening Day!”

"Breaking Barriers: Austin Wells Makes History with Stunning Leadoff Homer on Opening Day!"

With the departure of Gleyber Torres to the Detroit Tigers, Boone needed a new leadoff hitter. He told Wells before his second spring training game, against Toronto on Feb. 28, he was being moved to the top of the order.

“I didn’t really take it seriously,” Wells said. “I thought maybe he’s like just messing with me, but then it just kind of continued to happen and had success, so here we are.”

Wells led off that exhibition game with a home run against Jake Bloss. Boone prefers a left-handed hitter with righty Aaron Judge moved up to the No. 2 slot following the loss of Juan Soto to the New York Mets as a free agent.

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