Torpedo bats craze will get thumbs up from MLB commissioner

[ad_1] MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred lent his assist to the so-called torpedo bats , which have captured the eye of baseball followers and pundits because the begin of the 2025 season.

The bats had been first highlighted through the New York Yankees’ opening day sport in opposition to the Milwaukee Brewers. Eyebrows had been raised additional when New York mashed 9 dwelling runs in opposition to the Brewers within the second sport of the season.

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New York Yankees' Anthony Volpe bats with one of many group's newly made torpedo-shaped bats in a sport in opposition to the Milwaukee Brewers, March 29, 2025, in New York. (AP Photograph/Angelina Katsanis)

Extra gamers have since begun utilizing the bats, at the same time as pitchers have complained. However Manfred backed the usage of it in a current interview.

"I consider that points just like the torpedo bat and the controversy round it show the truth that baseball nonetheless occupies a singular place in our tradition, as a result of folks get into an entire frenzy over one thing that is actually nothing on the finish of the day. The bats adjust to the principles," he instructed the New York Occasions.

Manfred added that "gamers have really been shifting the candy spot round in bats for years" and highlighted the controversy about baseball going being rankings and attendance.

MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred (Mike Carlson/MLB Photographs by way of Getty Photos/File)

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Baseball Corridor of Famer Fergie Jenkins additionally weighed in on the controversy in an interview on OutKick’s "The Ricky Cobb Show."

"Nicely, once you look again on the sport after I performed within the ‘60s, ’70s, '80s, the pitcher was just about dominant, and now we're like second-class residents. Every little thing has been executed for the hitter. Like, you say the clock, the bases are greater, you've an over glove, which supplies you an additional three to seven inches sliding into the bag forward of the throw," Jenkins stated.

Along with the rule adjustments that favor hitters, Jenkins said the torpedo bats are simply the newest factor in baseball that may assist them.

"There's extra of a hitting floor for the hitter, and I feel it would improve the batting common a little bit bit, however you're going to get a greater piece of wooden on the ball and the ball will perhaps journey a little bit additional," he stated.

Torpedo baseball bats are displayed at Victus Sports activities in King of Prussia, Pa., on April 2, 2025. (AP Photograph/Matt Rourke)

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"Who is aware of? A few extra-base hits, and now one hitter sees one among his teammates use it. Now, he needs to make use of it. I can consider earlier than the All-Star break each ball membership goes to have a half-dozen hitters utilizing that torpedo bat."