PITTSBURGH — Austin Wells has an eggs-cellent backup plan if the entire catching factor doesn’t work out.
The Yankees backstop has entered the meals influencer area, creating an Instagram account to rank breakfast burritos served in visiting clubhouses across the league.
Wells made the account — named merely, “wells.ranked.burritos” — on Friday morning at PNC Park, considering it could be one thing of a joke that his teammates may comply with.
Almost 48 hours later, he had greater than 56,000 followers as of Sunday afternoon.
“Now it’s not a small thing anymore,” Wells deadpanned. “Now I feel pressure to post. There’s no going back.”
It’s a labor of affection for Wells in his second full season within the huge leagues.
“I really love a chorizo burrito,” Wells mentioned. “A little crisp on the tortilla, a lot of eggs. Kind of simple, but good flavor.”
Wells is utilizing a scoring system out of 100 and has ranked two burritos thus far: a chorizo, egg, salsa and cheese burrito that scored an 87 on Friday and a garlic and guajillo chili steak, egg, salsa and cheese burrito that scored a 73 on Sunday.
“I just wanted to be different,” Wells mentioned. “I feel like everyone uses a 1 out of 10 and I didn’t want to be like everybody else. I wanted to be different.”
Supervisor Aaron Boone is all for the burrito content material and consumption, although he prefers a special scoring system.
“We tend to rank things from the coaching staff more on the scouting scale, the 20-80 scale,” Boone mentioned. “I’ve been pleased with the breakfast burritos here. The first day, I threw out a 60, which is a fringey All-Star, everyday guy. Threw out another 60 for today’s. I only went with half because I’m playing for the tie on this trip from a calorie intake standpoint.”
Wells’ solely downside? He might have a turf struggle on his arms, with YES play-by-play man Michael Kay unveiling a rival “kay_eats_tendies” account through which he ranks ballpark hen tenders.
“I mean, he has a way better profile picture than me,” Wells mentioned, referring to a photoshopped Kay morphed right into a hen tender. “So I’m going to have to maybe talk to AI or something and have them make me one. I’m a little worried, we’ll see how it goes.”
