Yankees bat

The use of hardware that other teams do not deal would lead to controversy and objections among the other 29 MLB clubs. However, the bats are legal and meet the guidelines described according to baseball rules, in particular the MLB rule 3.02 (about the sporting):

“The bat must be a smooth, round floor in the thickest part and no more than 42 inches and not more than 42 inches long. The bat must be a piece of solid wood.” It is also pointed out that “experimental” bats cannot be used “until the manufacturer has received approval from the Major League baseball for its design and manufacturing methods”.

This does not mean that everyone is happy about these bats. Milwaukee Reliever Trevor Megill said that the brewers were surprised to see the bats.

“I think it’s terrible,” said Megill of New York Post. “We will see what the data say. I’ve never seen anything like that. I have the feeling that it is used in Slow-Pitch-Softball. It is genius: Set the fair in one place. It could be Bush (league). It couldn’t be. But it is the Yanke, so let it slide.”

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Aaron Richter does not use “torpedo” bats

How many Yankees use the “Torpedo” bats is not clear. Judge is not one of them. Asked on Sunday why he didn’t try the new bats, the American League MVP and Major-League Homerun Leader answered last season:

“What I have done in the last few seasons speaks for themselves,” said Richter. “Why try to change something if you have something that works?”

With 95 Homern in the last two seasons, Richter makes a rather convincing argument for holding on what works for him.