Austin Wells not hiding from just how bad his Yankees slump has become

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“Not many words to describe how bad I’ve been,” he said.“I got to do better to pick the team up.”In what was supposed to be a day off, as has been customary for him for day games after night games, the Yankees catcher entered Sunday’s series finale against the Mets as a defensive replacement in the sixth inning and made his slump even worse in the 7-6 walk-off loss at Citi Field.Wells took two at-bats in key spots — one with the bases loaded and two outs in the seventh inning and the other with runners on first and second and one out in the top of the 10th — both coming right after Anthony Volpe had drawn a 3-2 walk.

Both times, Wells swung at the first pitch and produced groundouts, the second a double play that killed a potential rally.“Against [Sean] Manaea [in the seventh], I knew he was pretty heavy heater, especially to the lefties early,” Wells said.“So I was looking for a fastball, was a little late.

And then next one, I was looking for something up in the zone to get a ball in the air.It was a little above the zone, which I don’t really know how I hit it on the ground.

Was looking to move the runner and drive them in.”Wells finished the day batting .173 with a .556 OPS in 36 games, but it has been especially rough of late, hitting just 3-for-31 (.103) with three walks and a .291 OPS over his past 10 games.Still, when Aaron Boone was asked before the game whether he would consider sitting Wells multiple games in a row for an offensive reset, the manager was noncommittal.“We’ll see,” Boone said.“As good as [Wells] is behind the plate, I have a lot of faith and trust in J.C.

Escarra behind the plate too, what he brings to the table.Obviously we got to get [Wells] going, want to get him going, beca...