Yankees deliver big hits with newly designed batNo indication that new bats are against MLB rulesAaron Judge homers using traditional bat
New torpedo bats drew attention when the New York Yankees hit a team-record nine homers that traveled a combined 3,695ft on Saturday.
Many of the Yankees are using a strikingly different model this season, in which wood is moved lower down the barrel of the bat, making the end resemble a bowling pin. Paul Goldschmidt, Cody Bellinger, Austin Wells, Anthony Volpe and Jazz Chisholm Jr all homered with the new bat in their team’s 20-9 rout of the Milwaukee Brewers on Saturday. The Yankees then hit a home run in each of the first three innings of Sunday’s game against the Brewers.
“That’s just trying to be the best we can be,” manager Aaron Boone said before Sunday’s game. “That’s one of the things that’s gotten pointed out. I say to you guys all the time, we’re trying to win on the margins and that shows up in so many different ways.”
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