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Aaron Judge homered in his first at-bat, Jazz Chisholm Jr. homered twice and the New York Yankees went deep four more times in a 12-3 victory over the Milwaukee Brewers on Sunday, a day after becoming...
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The Yankees hit a total of 15 homers and scored 36 runs in the three-game series sweep.
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Paul Goldschmidt, Cody Bellinger and Aaron Judge started the New York Yankees' home run onslaught and the catalyst for it may have been revealed.
Standing in front of his Yankee Stadium locker on Sunday, Anthony Volpe presented two bats for inspection. In his left hand, the Yankees shortstop displayed one he had used last season; in his right,
Pulling Domínguez late in the game with a comfortable lead gave the Yankees a defensive upgrade while also shielding their rookie from becoming the storyline for his mistakes.
Officials in Costa Rica have released the body of 14-year-old Miller Gardner — the son of former New York Yankees player Brett Gardner — to his family.
"I think it’s an amazing discovery," said Angels outfielder Taylor Ward, one of many players suddenly interested in the new bats.
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That’s just trying to be the best we can be,” manager Aaron Boone said Sunday. “We’re trying to win on the margins and that shows up in so many different ways.”
The New York Yankees laid on an offensive onslaught against the Milwaukee Brewers to open the 2025 campaign. And after smacking four more home runs on Sunday in their series finale, the team has made some more MLB history as fans continue to debate their controversial new torpedo bats.
Some of the Yankees are using redesigned bats this season and they appear to have made a difference in the first two games of the season.
Amid concern from fans about a potential competitive advantage with the new bats, an MLB spokesperson told The Athletic's Chris Kirschner that "the shape of the bat does not violate the rules." The 2025 MLB rulebook requires bats to be single pieces of solid wood no longer than 42 inches long.
The bats were developed by former Yankees staffer and MIT physicist Aaron Leanhardt, who designed them to shift mass closer to the hitter’s hands for better control and improved barrel consistency. Major League Baseball has approved the bats and players on other teams are already using them.