Austin Wells, moderately slow-footed but powerful, became the first catcher to bat leadoff in the Yankees 123-year history (he also became the first MLB catcher since 1900 to hit a leadoff homer on Opening Day). Since then, the job has gone to Goldschmidt.

Goldschmidt is batting leadoff. The Yankees put Goldschmidt there against Brewers lefty Nestor Cortes to gain a platoon advantage in front of 2-hitter Aaron Judge. Ya

The New York Yankees tied Major League Baseball's all-time record for the most home runs hit through a team's first three games of a season on Sunday, launching four more home runs against the Milwaukee Brewers (GameTracker) to bring their seasonal total to 15.