Yankees second baseman Jazz Chisholm is one of those players using that bat, which was built after the team's analytics team found that more hits were coming off just below the barrel so they added more wood in that part of the bat.
The founder of popular site Barstool Sports went on a tirade about "torpedo" bats, drawing a response from a New York Yankees infielder.
The most viral example, Barstool Sports founder Dave Portnoy called it a “cheater bat,” while wearing his Red Sox hat. Others questioned its legality. It looks weird, so it must be wrong. Well, Jazz Chisholm, Jr. took to social media to break it down for all of them one last time, slowly and simply.
The Yankees infielder had himself a huge opening series against the Brewers. He hit three home runs, drove in six with five hits in three games. He was also among the players to use the new bat design, which lowers the sweet spot of the bat to where Chisholm makes his strongest contact.
The torpedo bat has taken the baseball world by storm. What are the players and experts saying about this new piece of hitting technology?
The Yankees' new "Torpedo" bats are the talk of baseball. The bats -- which Major League Baseball confirmed are legal \-\- are defined by an untraditional barrel, which rests closer to the hitter's hands.
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Sporting News on MSNYankees' Jazz Chisholm Jr. sends message to 'idiot' fans amid torpedo bat controversyThe New York Yankees' second baseman had a message Monday for any fans upset about the team's new bat revolution.
The New York Yankees have been the center of attention during the first week of the MLB season, but for a somewhat unusual reason: they're new baseball bats. Known as "torpedo" bats, they feature a unique shape,
Yankees center fielder Jazz Chisholm Jr. believes baseball is not a sport for him because of his skin color and feels that everything would be different if he were white."I don't w