The Yankees' new "torpedo" bats are the talk of the league coming out of the first weekend of the 2025 MLB season.

Aaron Judge homered in his first at-bat and Jazz Chisholm Jr. went deep twice as the New York Yankees have hit a total of 15 homers to open the season.

The Brewers home opener will be without longtime broadcaster Bob Uecker, who died in January at age 90.

The Milwaukee Brewers were conducting a moment of silence before their home opener to honor Bob Uecker when one fan decided keeping quiet wasn’t the best way to pay tribute to the lovable loquacious b

As new as the torpedoes may be to fans, they became available to players in the Yankees’ minor league system in 2022 and were pitched as being able to improve contact. Some Yankees players even used them during the postseason last year, commentators noted during Sunday’s game against Milwaukee.

"I think it’s an amazing discovery," said Angels outfielder Taylor Ward, one of many players suddenly interested in the new bats.

The second game of the new season saw the New York Yankees put up a historic offensive performance. The Yankees blew out the Milwaukee Brewers 20-9 on Saturday, thanks to a franch