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TAMPA \u2014 The Yankees had pegged Friday for Austin Wells\u2019 Grapefruit League debut, which would have given him the first week of games off after coming off a heavy workload down the stretch last year.<\/p>\n
But the catcher had other ideas.<\/p>\n
Wells wanted to catch Will Warren, who was starting Wednesday\u2019s exhibition against the Cardinals, and made his case to Aaron Boone, who obliged for a three-inning cameo in which both ends of the battery looked sharp.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think [Warren] is going to be an important part of the team and he\u2019s got really nasty stuff, so just wanted to try to get on the same page with him, what he\u2019s been working on and what we want to see from him,\u201d Wells said after a 7-0 win at Steinbrenner Field. \u201cSo it was important for me to get in there.\u201d<\/p>\n
Warren looked strong, going nine up, nine down while striking out four of the first five batters he faced, all of them Cardinals regulars.<\/p>\n
Wells didn\u2019t look too shabby either, hitting a pair of balls off the bat at 100.1 and 103.9 mph, the latter a two-run double.<\/p>\n
Though the Yankees already have six big league starters for five spots, Warren represents the next arm in line. \u2014 which could become increasingly important if they end up trading Marcus Stroman or have an injury to the rotation. <\/p>\n
The right-hander\u2019s focus this spring has been getting ahead of batters, which he felt he did not do enough of last season while giving up 26 earned runs in his first 22\u2009\u00b2\/\u2083 innings as a big leaguer.<\/p>\n
\u201cLooking back at some stuff from last year, I was always fighting back,\u201d said Warren, who has revived his curveball and refined his changeup in hopes of having more weapons to attack left-handed hitters. \u201cThese are the greatest hitters in the world, so when you\u2019re setting it up for them to have success, it\u2019s hard to pitch.\u201d<\/p>\n
Gerrit Cole is scheduled to make his Grapefruit League debut Friday night against the Blue Jays at Steinbrenner Field. \u2026 Boone said there was \u201cstill nothing to report\u201d on Giancarlo Stanton, who remained in New York for a third straight day Wednesday tending to a personal issue. <\/p>\n
Clarke Schmidt (back) threw a two-up bullpen session Tuesday and expects to throw a live batting practice by this weekend. \u2026 Scott Effross (hamstring) underwent imaging, the results of which Boone did not have Wednesday afternoon. .<\/p>\n
Ex-Met Dominic Smith homered for a second straight day., this one without the help of any wind, as the non-roster invitee took Cardinals top pitching prospect Tink Hence deep for a 392-foot shot.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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