The New York Yankees hit a Major League Baseball record nine home runs in one game on Saturday, and some of those could be attributed to the new bats they’ve been using.
The torpedo bat was designed by a former physicist-turned-baseball coach Aaron Leanhardt and helps decrease the number of misses by a batter.
Kevin Smith, a former minor league infielder, posted to X that the bat “brings more wood — and mass — to where you most often make contact as a hitter.”
The bats don’t violate rule 3.02 in MLB’s handbook which states that any bat used cannot exceed 2.61 inches in diameter and 42 inches in length, and The New York Post confirmed the bat adjustment is indeed legal.
Not everyone in the Yankees lineup has been using the new bats.
Boston Red Sox manager said Sunday that the torpedo-style bats were used by some of his players throughout spring training.
The Yankees’ home runs kept coming on Sunday with four in their win over the Milwaukee Brewers. They also tied an MLB record with 15 home runs in their first three games.
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