The New York Yankees introduced 'torpedo' bats during the season, currently used by a limited number of players including Cody Bellinger and Anthony Volpe. Players like Aaron Judge are hesitant to adopt new equipment, favoring their existing bats. The Yankees aren't pushing these bats but are open to players experimenting with them. Finding the right weight distribution requires significant adjustment and testing, making this a manageable task in spring training, although it presents challenges during the regular season.
The Yankees are not recommending that their players should be using the new torpedo bats, but they are making accommodations if they want to try.
Baseball players are largely creatures of habit, so some - like Aaron Judge - don't want to fix what's not broken when it comes to bats.
Anthony Volpe and Cody Bellinger went through multiple versions of the torpedo bat before settling on the ones they are using now, indicating a long process of adjustment.
Figuring out the proper weight distribution for the torpedo bat requires trial and error, which is feasible during spring training but more challenging in the regular season.
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