The New York Yankees achieved a record-breaking nine home runs in a single game against the Milwaukee Brewers, attributing much of this success to their new torpedo bats. These bats feature a unique design that shifts wood lower in the barrel, enhancing the bat's sweet spot. Manager Aaron Boone emphasized the importance of continuous improvement and strategic advantages in their game. Players like Paul Goldschmidt and Cody Bellinger notably benefitted from this bat design, reflecting the ongoing evolution of equipment in Major League Baseball to gain competitive edges.
Using a strikingly different model in which wood is moved lower down the barrel after the label and shapes the end a little like a bowling pin, Paul Goldschmidt, Cody Bellinger, Austin Wells, Anthony Volpe and Jazz Chisholm Jr. homered in New York's 20-9 rout of the Milwaukee Brewers.
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.
You're going up with a weapon that can be better. Your just misses could be clips, your clips could be flares, and your flares could [be] barrels.
Goldschmidt, batting leadoff for the first time, opened with a 413-foot homer off Nestor Cortes, and Bellinger followed with a 451-foot drive that initially didn't register with Statcast.
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