Yankees’ Austin Wells explains odd injury that landed him on IL

It was on Saturday that the New York Yankees announced that they’d placed catcher Austin Wells on the 10-day injured list with cervical headaches.

As Wells would explain to beat writer Gary Phillips, it’s something he’s been experiencing “for a bit” and that the few days off will hopefully do him good.

“I think it just needs a couple days to let the brain catch up a little bit,” Wells said via Phillips on X.

According to Yankees manager Aaron Boone, Wells had been complaining about neck issues that were leading to him experiencing headaches.

“Austin came in late last night and just complained about some neck stuff that was leading to headaches, so we got today with the neurologist just to put him through all the battery of tests and everything,” Boone said via Yahoo Sports. “[He] checked out negative for that, but we wanted to look into the neck and how that is affecting things, so another battery of tests tomorrow.”

“This complaint is new so whether it’s something that happened last night or a cumulative thing, it’s tough to say,” Boone said. “Hopefully it’s short. That’s the expectation, but, again, he’ll have testing tomorrow morning.”

So far this season, Wells has amassed a .166 batting average while hitting four home runs with seven RBIs, and a .533 OPS in 46 games played. The Yankees, who are second overall in the American League East Division with a 38-26 record, will next play a three-game set against the Cleveland Guardians, starting on Monday evening in Cleveland.

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