New York Yankees are already talking about the MLB 2025 season. After an offensive explosion – in which the team hit 15 circuits and scored 36 points in just three games – questions emerged on unusual bats Used by some of the team strikers.
Torpille bats are now fashionable through the league, but Opinions on bats are divided. Some players are ready to experiment with Torpille bats. Others are quick to call them a scourge. Fans – Finally, non -Yankees fans, at least – are furious on development.
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Those who use torpedo bats, as you may have guessed, talk about it strongly. That Includes Giancarlo Stanton from New YorkWho defended the equipment, dissipating any assertion that his early injury this season is the result of the use of bats last year.
What differentiates a torpedo bat from a standard bat is the shape. A torpedo bat has a thicker soft point – or barrel – before thinning near the top of the bat. The shape looks like a bowling pin. And while the Torpille bats seem different, they are legal under the rules of the MLB.
MIT physicist Aaron Leanhardt was recognized for having created Torpille bats. Leanhardt previously was a successful analyst with the Yankees before joining the Miami Marlins as a field coordinator during the offseason.
The idea was born after the team studied Yankees swing data at the Anthony Volpe Corner stop. The analysis has shown that Volpe often made contacts near the bat label, which is closer to the thin end of a standard bat. In an effort to help Volpe, the team had made bats that approached the wood of the label, so Volpe would do Better contact and stronger on his swingAs the Yankees broadcaster explained Michael Kay, during the match on Saturday.
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The inner field player of the Yankees, Jazz Chisholm Jr. The player comes into contact at higher rates.
Giancarlo Stanton Torpille bats used last seasonBut started this season on the injured list. Volpe and a handful of his teammates are among the players using Torpille bats in 2025, but the Yankees are not the only club to experiment with the shape of the bat.
You will find below a list of MLB players known to use torpedo bats this season, and how many circuits they have. As a bonus, Fantastic Baseball Managers from Yahoo Sports will now see a Torpille bat indicator on players' pages or next to players in their range if these players use Torpille bats this season.
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Cruz used the bat for the first time in the Reds 14-3 victory against the Texas Rangers on Monday. He went for 4-in-5 for two circuits and seven points produced in the victory of the eruption. Cruz said he had used the bat for the first time only before the match.
“It feels good,” he said, ” Via Charlie Clifford from NBC5. “It really feels good.”
While the use of Yankees was known, a number of players in other teams used torpedo bats in 2025. The Receiver of Orioles Adley Rutcshman is a Confirmed torpedoes user. The Blue Jays Davis Schneider voltiseur and the receiver of the twins Ryan Jeffers were photography using Torpedo bats During the first three games of the season. Rays Young Outside Junior Caminero competition too used a torpedo bat At the start of the season.
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Cubs were one of the teams to tinker with torpedo bats last season, revealed Bellinger, and it seems that inby Swanson and Nico Hoerner are among the Cubs strikers Using torpedo bats in 2025. Images have also emerged From New York star Francisco Lindor using the bat, although it is 0 for 13 to start the season.
Francisco Lindor defeated the Astros of Houston on Saturday in Daikin Park in Houston. (Images Tim Warner / Getty)
(Tim Warner via Getty Images)
The list is unlikely to stop there. Schneider’s teammate Ernie Clement said that he could experience the use of a torpedo bat during the games. The third goal of San Diego Padres, Manny Machado, seemed interested in sending an expedition of bats to the Padres. Milwaukee Brewers' first basic player, Rhys Hoskins, confirmed that he already ordered an expedition And wait until he arrives. Cleveland Guardians voltiseur, Lane Thomas, does not seem to use a torpedo bat, although he said that the Bat that he uses is similar.
Opinions are mixed on the question of whether Torpille bats are the reason for the success of the Yankees at the start of the season. The five Yankees players who used torpedo bats against Milwaukee Brewers have performed extremely well, hitting nine circuits combined in the first three games.
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In particular, Aaron Judge – who does not use Torpille bat – also contributed to four circuits in these competitions.
Whether the success of the Yankees is due to their bats or a combination of their small stadium and the bad pitch of the Brewers remains to be seen. But after the New York offensive explosion to open the season, you can expect to see Torpille bats heading for 30 club clubs for a long time.
