1 day Ago By Sportsnet Staff
After an opening-weekend power surge, New York Yankees second baseman Jazz Chisholm Jr. is tied for second in baseball with three home runs. And he wants fans to know that his attention-drawing torpedo bat is legally helping him leave the yard.
Chisholm took to social media on Monday to address the buzz that the oddly shaped bats have generated across MLB. "Okay explanation the barrel is bigger and within mlb regulation!" He said. "For the idiots that say it’s moved to the label you’re an idiot! Nobody is trying to get jammed you just move the wood from the parts you don’t use to the parts you do! You’re welcome no more stress for y’all!" Chisholm and teammates Paul Goldschmidt, Cody Bellinger, Austin Wells and Anthony Volpe all homered on Saturday against the Milwaukee Brewers using the strikingly different model.
Chisholm then homered twice more in Sunday's 12-3 win as the Yankees combined for 15 home runs in the series, tying the MLB record for most in a three-game span. The 27-year-old went 5-for-12 with the three homers to open the season, driving in six in New York's sweep of the Brewers. It was the third time that Chisholm has hit multiple homers since being acquired from the Marlins in July and the sixth time in his career.
The torpedo bats have taken MLB by storm, with players across the league giving them a shot. The bat moves wood lower down the barrel after the label. The idea is to bring more mass to a bat’s sweet spot.
Current Miami field co-ordinator and MIT Physicist Aaron Leanhardt has been credited as the brainchild of the innovative bats. “The concept makes so much sense. I know I’m bought in,” Volpe said Saturday.
“The bigger you can have the barrel where you hit the ball, it makes sense to me.” MLB has said the bats are legal, but even with Chisholm's attempt to ease fans' minds, it seems likely that torpedo bats will continue to be a hot topic of conversation this baseball season. — With files from the Associated Press.
