MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred breaks silence on torpedo bats

MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred lent his enactment to the alleged torpedo bats, which person captured the attraction of shot fans and pundits since the commencement of the 2025 season.

The bats were archetypal highlighted during the New York Yankees’ opening time crippled against the Milwaukee Brewers. Eyebrows were raised further erstwhile New York mashed 9 location runs against the Brewers successful the 2nd crippled of the season.

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New York Yankees' Anthony Volpe bats with 1 of the team's recently made torpedo-shaped bats successful a shot crippled against the Milwaukee Brewers, Saturday, March 29, 2025, successful New York. (AP Photo/Angelina Katsanis)

More players person since begun utilizing the bats, adjacent arsenic pitchers person complained. But Manfred backed the usage of it successful a caller interview.

"I judge that issues similar the torpedo bat and the statement astir it show the information that shot inactive occupies a unsocial spot successful our culture, due to the fact that radical get into a implicit frenzy implicit thing that's truly thing astatine the extremity of the day. The bats comply with the rules," helium told the New York Times.

Manfred added that "players person really been moving the saccharine spot astir successful bats for years" and highlighted the statement astir shot going being ratings and attendance.

Commissioner Rob Manfred (Mike Carlson/MLB Photos via Getty Images/File)

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Baseball Hall of Famer Fergie Jenkins besides weighed successful connected the statement successful an interrogation connected OutKick’s "The Ricky Cobb Show."

"Well, erstwhile you look backmost astatine the crippled erstwhile I played successful the ‘60s, ’70s, '80s, the pitcher was beauteous overmuch dominant, and present we are similar second-class citizens. Everything has been done for the hitter. Like, you accidental the clock, the bases are bigger, you person an implicit glove, which gives you an other 3 to 7 inches sliding into the container up of the throw," Jenkins said.

In summation to the regularisation changes that favour hitters, Jenkins said the torpedo bats are conscionable the latest happening successful shot that volition assistance them.

"There is much of a hitting aboveground for the hitter, and I deliberation it mightiness summation the batting mean a small bit, but you volition get a amended portion of wood connected the shot and the shot volition possibly question a small further," helium said. 

Torpedo shot bats are displayed astatine Victus Sports successful King of Prussia, Pa., connected Wednesday, April 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

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"Who knows? A mates of extra-base hits, and present 1 hitter sees 1 of his teammates usage it. Now, helium wants to usage it. I tin judge earlier the All-Star interruption each shot nine is going to person a half-dozen hitters utilizing that torpedo bat."

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