Yankees get positive Austin Wells update as they navigate catching carousel

CLEVELAND — The Yankees can breathe a small sigh of relief on Austin Wells.Manager Aaron Boone said after Monday night’s 10-inning 7-5 win against the Guardians that preliminary MRI results on Wells showed no cause for concern.He was put on the injured list this weekend with cervical headaches.“So far, so good,” Boone said.

“I’m sure he’ll meet with the doctor again this week and then hopefully be able to start ramping up.” Join Post Sports+ for exciting subscriber-only features, including real-time texting with Greg Joyce about the inside buzz on the Yankees.J.C.

Escarra started Monday at catcher, which completed a four-day whirlwind that began late Friday night when he was told that he was being optioned to Triple-A.In his first start since his reprieve, Escarra committed a catcher’s interference and was 0-for-2 before he was lifted for pinch hitter Amed Rosario and replaced by Ali Sánchez.About 12 hours after being optioned, Escarra was eating pizza in New York with his wife and child — squeezing in some family time while taking advantage of the three-day window to report to Scranton/Wilkes-Barre — when he was told not to leave town just yet.Sure enough, Escarra, 31, was “recalled” without missing a day of the Yankees season because of Wells’ symptoms.

So now Escarra and Sánchez — the catcher who was initially called up to take Escarra’s place and provide a right-handed bat and break up the two left-handed catchers — are platooning.“They didn’t even give me time to think about it,” Escarra joked with The Post.“I have an apartment in New York, so I wasn’t in a rush when I could be with my family.

Stuff that I don’t get to do because we have games every day.“A few hours later they called me: ‘How fast can you get here?’ Here I am starting tonight.Everything happens for a reason, but I’m just focused on … doing as good a job as [Wells] did behind the plate.

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