The Milwaukee Brewers lost all three games of their Opening Weekend series to the New York Yankees by large margins. In those three games, the Yankees mashed 15 home runs while putting up insurmountable leads that left Brewers hitters incapable of keeping Milwaukee in the game.
Throughout the course of the series, the new “torpedo bats” that New York has begun using became a source of hot debate among fans on social media. The modified bats, which see more wood used on the label of the bat, where hitters make more frequent contact, were heavily credited for the Yankees’ offensive output.
And while Brewers slugger Rhys Hoskins has ordered a set for himself after seeing them in person, another Milwaukee star is not so happy about their use, nor the fact that Major League Baseball has allowed them.
Milwaukee Brewers Closer Trevor Megill Sounds Off on the New York Yankees Torpedo Bats
After Milwaukee lost the second game of their series 20-9, their closer, Trevor Megill, was interviewed by the New York Post regarding the Yankees new bats.
And he did not hold back in his criticism.
“I think it’s terrible,’’ Milwaukee Brewers reliever Trevor Megill told Dan Martin of the New York Post. “We’ll see what the data says. I’ve never seen anything like it before. I feel like it’s something used in slow-pitch softball. It’s genius: Put the mass all in one spot. It might be bush [league]. It might not be. But it’s the Yankees, so they’ll let it slide.”
“It took a minute for the shock to go away, since from the bullpen, they looked like bowling pins. We weren’t able to process it. But that’s the game. It’s a big data race, with science and technology playing a huge role in baseball now. You can’t hate them for trying something new.”
Obviously, Megill is not a big fan of the torpedo bats. And he may be right in his assessment that MLB probably will allow them because the large market Yankees were the first ones to try them.
That being said, he is also correct in his statement that baseball players need to be able to evolve and change with technology. The bats, he admits, are genius.
Unfortunately, he and the rest of Milwaukee’s pitching staff were not able to figure out how to beat them this weekend.
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