Claims extracted
17
sentences that state something as happening or true
Uncertain
12%
2 of 17 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
Leaning
not political
takes no side on a contested political question
Publisher signals
66/100
New York Post's corrections and
hedging, across everything collected from it. Not a measure of accuracy.
Outlets on this story
24
Sports
Same framing elsewhere
1
articles that frame the event the way this one does
If Brian Cashman had acted as most expected him to act at the trade deadline, Austin Wells would not have taken his second-inning at-bat.
asserted
Wells → act → bat
Facing lefty Payton Tolle, this was a game reserved for a righty-hitting catcher.
asserted
this → face → catcher
Maybe Ryan Jeffers, who might as well have been looking for a New York apartment considering the months of speculation.
uncertain
who → look → speculation
Try it freeOr maybe the switch-hitting Adley Rutschman, another potential Yankees target who was behind the plate Tuesday because he was redirected instead to the Red Sox, who overwhelmed the Orioles with their trade package.
asserted
who → try → package
But Cashman did not pull the trigger on finding another catcher, even a complement, and so Wells — who had been among the worst hitters in baseball at that point — only saw his stranglehold on the starting job strengthen.
asserted
stranglehold → pull → job
That move — or rather lack of move — sure looked smart when Wells took that second-inning at-bat and drove in the only run the Yankees would need.
asserted
Yankees → look → run
The Yankees’ starting catcher (and with all due respect to Ali Sánchez, their only catcher) breathed even more life into his revitalized season in the Yankees’ 9-0 statement of a victory over Boston in The Bronx to move one win from an ALDS date with the Rays.
asserted
catcher → breathe → Rays
Before the Yankees ran away late in the game, their offense had started with promise but only promise: Prior to Wells stepping up for his first at-bat, the club had gone 0-for-3 with runners in scoring position and was threatening to waste another opportunity.
asserted
club → run → opportunity
In the frame, George Lombard Jr. opened with a single, moved to second on a one-out knock from Anthony Volpe and then watched as Spencer Jones fouled out for the second out.
asserted
Jones → open → out
But the lefty-hitting Wells — who batted .122 with a .436 OPS against southpaws this season — ripped a single through the right side of the infield and was fired up upon reaching first base after giving the Yankees a lead they only padded from there.
asserted
they → hit → lead
Wells added a second single off a lefty — Alec Gamboa in the seventh inning, plus a sacrifice fly in the eighth against Brayan Bello — to make it two hits off southpaws in the postseason, which is remarkable for a player who had 11 hits (in 99 plate appearances) against such pitching all season.
asserted
who → add → pitching
His inability against pitching of all types through the middle of July ensured the Yankees tested the trade market.
asserted
Yankees → ensure → market
Wells was hitting .152 with a .501 OPS on July 19.
asserted
Wells → hit → July
As much as they valued his rapport with pitchers and his defense, he had nearly become unplayable.
asserted
he → value → pitchers
And yet Wells kept playing and showed enough in late July and early August to dissuade Cashman from overpaying in prospects.
asserted
Wells → keep → prospects
At a time when catchers typically are wearing down, in August and September, Wells posted his two best months of the year.
asserted
Wells → wear → year
And even though the date read Sept. 29, he showed Tuesday why October may further his revival.
uncertain
October → read → revival
The Aporia
