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Wells has three homers in his last five games, putting him up to .185/.284/.326 for the season. His OPS is back over .600 for the first time since May 9.

Luke Murphy nearly escaped a bases-loaded jam for a scoreless 10th, but Wells’ foul popup behind the plate with the bases loaded barely got out of play. Wells then hit a groundball single to give the Yankees the lead, and the floodgates opened from there. With his two-homer game Sunday, Wells now has nine RBI in his last five games. He totaled 19 RBI in his first 100 games.

Wells’ homer off Brian Keller tonight was projected at 430 feet. That’s a new career high by seven feet and a season high by a whopping 34 feet. It was his seventh homer in 237 plate appearances this year. He had 21 homers in 448 plate appearances last season.

Wells returns to New York’s lineup for Sunday’s series finale against the Reds following a two-week absence due to cervical headaches. There’s minimal concern since precautionary imaging didn’t reveal any additional neck issues. The 26-year-old backstop went 2-for-12 with a pair of homers during a three-game minor league rehab stint with Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre. He was hitting .166 with four homers in 169 plate appearances over 47 contests prior to hitting the shelf earlier this month.

Wells, who has been sidelined since early June due to cervical headaches, has been playing in minor league rehab games at Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre since Tuesday. Expect Ali Sanchez to return to Triple-A upon Wells’ return on Sunday.

Perhaps more importantly, Wells completed the full nine innings behind the plate in his second rehab contest. It’s possible the 26-year-old backstop will return to New York for Friday’s series opener against the Reds, but it wouldn’t be surprising to see him play a few additional rehab games before coming back. He’s been on the shelf with cervical headaches since early June.

Wells is trending towards making it back to New York’s lineup at some point later this week after hitting the injured list with cervical headaches earlier this month. The 26-year-old backstop logged seven inning behind the dish in his first rehab contest.

Wells went on the injured list over the weekend with cervical headaches. Being back on the field and doing baseball activities suggests that this might be a minimum stint on the injured list for the 26-year-old.

Wells underwent precautionary imaging after hitting the injured list with cervical headaches over the weekend. The 26-year-old backstop doesn’t have a definitive return timetable at the moment.

The Yankees obviously didn’t have much warning about this or they wouldn’t have sent down J.C. Escarra after Friday’s game. In fact, Aaron Boone was asked about Wells during his pregame availability tonight and said nothing about it. Escarra figures to face righties, with Ali Sánchez getting the call against lefties, until Wells returns.

The Yankees finally have a right-handed catcher on the roster in Ali Sánchez, who was promoted today, so it looks like Wells is going to more sitting against southpaws. Wells is hitting just .166/.278/.255 overall this year, and he’s come in at .100/.179/.160 versus lefties.

Wells broke a scoreless tie in the bottom of the fifth, sending a solo homer off Nick Martinez 414 feet into right center to give the Yankees the lead. It was the fourth homer of the season for Wells and his first in May, as the 26-year-old catcher has struggled mightily at the plate this month. Wells is slashing just .125/.208/.188 in May and is best left on fantasy benches until he can straighten things out at the plate.

Wells has been on the bench for the last two days amidst his immense struggles at the plate, but he’s back in the lineup on Tuesday. The 26-year-old is hitting .173/.292/.264 with three home runs on the season. He does have a solid 32/19 K/BB ratio in 36 games, and his hard-hit rate is at a career-high 46.8 percent, while his swinging strike rate is actually the same as last year. Wells doesn’t need to be on fantasy rosters right now, but it wouldn’t surprise us if he starts to figure things out at the plate. He might just be being a little too passive right now.

It’s a standard rest day for a catcher with a day game after a night game. It’s unfortunate that it comes after Wells had a solid performance on Tuesday night, but hopefully he can carry that over after the brief off day. J.C. Escarra will catch and bat seventh.

Wells knocked a base hit in the fifth inning, then gave the Yankees an insurance run in the seventh with a solo homer off Jalen Beeks. The 26-year-old backstop is up to three homers while slashing .200/.345/.343 with six runs and five RBI across 87 plate appearances.

Wells matched his previous season totals with one homer and two RBI tonight. The homer also gave him just his fifth run scored in 22 games. He’s batting .188/.338/.297 in 80 plate appearances.

They’ll face the winner of Venezuela versus Japan. Wells’ homer, which came as a pinch-hitter for Agustín Ramírez, was the lone one hit by the D.R. tonight, but Manny Machado and Junior Caminero both had two hits and an RBI. The club knocked out Hyun-Jin Ryu in the second and forced Korea to use five pitchers over the first three innings. After that, the score held steady at 7-0 for 3 1/2 innings until Wells ended things.

Catcher is usually the weak link for the Dominican Republic on the position side, but Yainer Diaz and Wells will make for a solid duo this time around and things are even brighter going forward. Wells, whose mother is of Dominican descent, apparently got the nod over Agustín Ramírez. The D.R. used Francisco Mejia and Gary Sánchez behind the plate last time around in 2023. Come 2029, there’s a good chance Samuel Basallo will be the team’s primary catcher, with Cardinals prospect Rainiel Rodríguez also potentially in the mix.

Wells smacked a run-scoring single off of Cade Povich in the third inning that increased the Bombers’ advantage to 3-0. The 26-year-old backstop also worked a walk in the seventh inning and scored on a sacrifice fly by Aaron Judge. With his two-hit evening, Wells is slashing .215/.272/.437 with 21 long balls, 68 RBI and five stolen bases on the season.