Judge has a team-leading four of those homers, and a combined nine homers have been launched by the torpedo-bat quintet of Jazz Chisholm Jr. (3), Anthony Volpe (2), Austin Wells (2), Cody Bellinger (1) and Paul Goldschmidt (1).

MLB player prop bets and odds for Aaron Judge on Wednesday, April 2, 2025, as the New York Yankees take on the Arizona Diamondbacks.

But the Yankees have won each of their first three games of the 2025 MLB season, and they have been buoyed by the play of Aaron Judge. The star slugger has hit four home runs and 11 RBIs, including three homers on Saturday versus the Milwaukee Brewers. The Yankees sent him a simple three-word message on Instagram.

After allowing 15 home runs in three games, the Brewers didn't make excuses: "It's not like some magical wood or anything else."

Check out some of the home runs hit this season by players using torpedo bats.

New York Yankees slugger Paul Goldschmidt uses a torpedo bat against the Milwaukee Brewers on March 29, 2025. | Credit: Mike Stobe/ The New York Yankees smashed 15 home runs in their first three games of the 2025 Major League Baseball season last week,

There are always plenty of unknowns to start any new season, and entering the 2025 Major League Baseball season, one of the biggest ones was the park factors relating to the Oakland Athletics playing their home games in Sacramento.

New torpedo bats have become all the rage in Major League Baseball and a Minnesota Twins slugger is trying them out.

Baseball season is back, and it didn’t take long for the New York Yankees to start crushing records and dominating conversation. And at the center of it all? “Torpedo” bats.