{"id":37983,"date":"2025-04-03T02:17:00","date_gmt":"2025-04-03T02:17:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=37983"},"modified":"2025-04-03T02:17:00","modified_gmt":"2025-04-03T02:17:00","slug":"breaking-red-sox-120-million-star-teases-switch-to-torpedo-bat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=37983","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING: Red Sox $120 Million Star Teases Switch to Torpedo Bat"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ac_99958198\" class=\"article_chunk type_50\">\n<div class=\"froala-view custom-theme first_text_block\">\n<p>Boston Red Sox star Alex Bregman is joining the trend, as he teased a switch to the Torpedo bat for the season ahead.<\/p>\n<p>Bregman sat out on Tuesday, making Wednesday\u2019s game in Baltimore the perfect chance to see if he\u2019ll take the field with the buzzworthy Torpedo bat. The New York Yankees have already made waves across MLB with their custom-made bats.<\/p>\n<p>The Yankees put on a hitting clinic over the weekend, with five players swinging the much-debated Torpedo bat. Backed by former team analyst and MIT-trained physicist Aaron Leanhardt, these bats have quickly become a hot topic around the league.<\/p>\n<p>Bregman posted a picture of the AB2 Torpedo bat on his Instagram Story on Tuesday, punctuated with a rocket emoji.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"ac_99958199\" class=\"article_chunk type_51\"><center><\/p>\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-0\" class=\"\" title=\"X Post\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/Tweet.html?dnt=false&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-0&amp;features=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%3D%3D&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1907135204952617029&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fathlonsports.com%2Fmlb%2Fboston-red-sox%2Falex-bregman-teases-switch-to-torpedo-bat&amp;sessionId=7bcb83578d121f9b33fb16de724965bdfc3e981c&amp;siteScreenName=yardbarker&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=2615f7e52b7e0%3A1702314776716&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-gtm-yt-inspected-8=\"true\" data-tweet-id=\"1907135204952617029\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><\/center><\/div>\n<div id=\"ac_99958200\" class=\"article_chunk type_50\">\n<div class=\"froala-view custom-theme \">\n<p>Despite the growing hype, not everyone is on board with the Torpedo bat. Critics have voiced their concerns, and Milwaukee Brewers pitcher Trevor Megill, who witnessed the Yankees&#8217; offensive surge firsthand, has been one of the most vocal opponents of its use.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I think it\u2019s terrible,&#8221; Megill told reporters over this past weekend, per the New York Post&#8217;s Dan Martin. &#8220;We\u2019ll see what the data says. I\u2019ve never seen anything like it before. I feel like it\u2019s something used in slow-pitch softball. It\u2019s genius: Put the mass all in one spot. It might be bush (league). It might not be. But it\u2019s the Yankees, so they\u2019ll let it slide.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Even outspoken Red Sox fan Dave Portnoy might be at a loss for words after Bregman\u2019s Instagram post. After all, he was one of the loudest critics when the Yankees first swung these custom bats.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"ac_99958202\" class=\"article_chunk type_50\">\n<div class=\"froala-view custom-theme \">\n<p>&#8220;The Yankees hired an MIT physicist to basically take wood from the other part of the bat \u2013 near the handle and label and put it in the sweet spot \u2013 making the sweet spot bigger. They did this because\u00a0Anthony Volpe\u00a0sucks and he kept getting jammed and sawed off,&#8221; Portnoy posted on X on Sunday night.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;And they\u2019re like, &#8216;how do we make him not suck. 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