New York Yankees’ violation broke out on Saturday when the team hit nine home runs in a 20-9 clobbing of Milwaukee Brewers.
Aaron Judge hit three homes and had almost a fourth when the breweries needed to put Jake Bauers on the Haugen. Judge, Paul Goldschmidt and Cody Bellinger started the game with three consecutive dingers out of Brewers Starter Nestor Cortes.
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Yankees’ Oswald Peraza rounds out the bases after hitting a home drive against Milwaukee Brewers, Saturday, March 29, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Angelina Katsanis)
Austin Wells, Anthony Volpe, Jazz Chisholm Jr. And Oswald Peraza also contributed.
The reason for Yankees’ attack on home runs? It must be the bats.
Yankee’s TV station Michael Kay noticed during the broadcast that the team used different bats. He specifically pointed out Chisholm’s bats, which seemed to have a large barrel and a thinner handle.
“The Yankee front office, Analytics department, conducted an investigation by Anthony Volpe and every single ball he looked like he hit the label. He didn’t hit anything on the barrel,” Kay explained. “So they had bats composed where they moved a lot of the tree into the label, so the harder part of the bat is actually going to hit the ball.”
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A spokesman for the league told the athletic that the bats are legal.
Yankees’s Aaron judge celebrates in Dugout after hitting a two-run Homer against Milwaukee Brewers, Saturday, March 29, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Angelina Katsanis)
Former Yankee’s -Infielder Kevin Smith gave an insider’s explanation for bats.
“Yes, Yankees has a literal genius -mit – physicist, Lenny (who is the man), on payroll,” he wrote on X. “He invented ‘Torpedo’ Tønder. It brings more wood – and mass – to the place where you most often come into contact as a hitter. The idea is to increase the number of ‘barrels’ and reduce misses.
“MLB has rules for bats like what the weight drip can be, what the density of the tree can be and how big the barrel can be. Most guys use bats that are not even close to maximizing the barrel size. When Lenny measured my barrel compared to what is ‘allowed’ I was shocked.”
The evidence was in pudding or homers Saturday.
Yankees’ Aaron judge hits an RBI -double against Milwaukee Brewers, Saturday, March 29, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Angelina Katsanis)
MLB said Goldschmidt-Bellinger-Judge Homers was the first time a team of homes in the first three places in a game since the tracing of pitch began in 1988.
