Barstool Sports owner and infamous Boston Red Sox fan Dave Portnoy took to X and asked for the bats to be banned before they "ruined baseball." "Yankees have a long history of che

Less than 24-hours after Barstool Sports founder Dave Portnoy offered his take on the 'torpedo' bats controversy, New York Yankees star Jazz Chisholm Jr. has issued a seven-word response. "This is a high school baller talking," the New York Yankees slugger posted with a rolling-on-the-floor-laughing emoticon Monday morning.

Chisholm has swatted three homers already through three games — is the torpedo bat to thank? He certainly doesn’t think so.

Baseball season is back, and it didn’t take long for the New York Yankees to start crushing records and dominating conversation. And at the center of it all? “Torpedo” bats.

The Yankees smacked a team-record nine homers on Saturday, thanks in part to new bats that look a bit like bowling pins.

Some Yankees have been swinging unique lumber lately, but nothing illegal. The Bombers’ bats drew attention on Saturday, as the team set a franchise record with nine home runs in a 20-9 win over