Brewers closer Trevor Megill sounded off on the Yankees' torpedo bats 😳 (via @nypostsports.bsky.social) - ThreadSky

theathletic.bsky.social • 76 days ago

Brewers closer Trevor Megill sounded off on the Yankees' torpedo bats 😳

(via @nypostsports.bsky.social)

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Same principle as a corked bat but legal because the Yankees not only have their own unique strike zone but get to cheat in every other way MLB will tolerate.

clutch414.bsky.social•75 days ago

Nope, LOL. Dipshit.

merlen56.bsky.social•75 days ago

A truly braindead take.

ch3znyc.bsky.social•75 days ago

Cry harder. It's legal. Other teams can use them. Judge doesn't use those bats.

ogdowney.bsky.social•76 days ago

Ok boomer

tyreseismydaddy.bsky.social•76 days ago

Boomers would know there are different bat shapes

ogdowney.bsky.social•75 days ago

I guess I meant zoomer

therunnner.bsky.social•75 days ago

You play in Wisconsin, so maybe you’d like some cheese with that whine?

reasonablysober.bsky.social•76 days ago

timely.

sserpentcharmer.bsky.social•76 days ago

I enjoyed Torpedo Bats' first couple of albums but once they signed with a major label & started auto-tuning everything I jumped off their bandwagon.

atom7895.bsky.social•76 days ago

Agreed. They rode the third wave of ska and then tried to sound like every other alt rock band.

cowboycat13.bsky.social•75 days ago

Nard!

mikerosemn.bsky.social•75 days ago

What a loser. They’re legal. End of story. Sour grapes.

pnwartist.bsky.social•75 days ago

Add robot umps and watch the scores go up double digits 🙄

37gene.bsky.social•76 days ago

@milwaukeebrewers.bsky.social, have you considered getting them out?

megamansdeli.bsky.social•75 days ago

Don't piss and moan about it. Go out and pitch better.

barrydahl.bsky.social•75 days ago

Stanton used one last year. Can we all please get into a time machine and go back to the 2024 season so we can rant and rave?

redwaveametica.bsky.social•75 days ago

If the rules aren't being broken then don't complain.

gonzonorthwest.bsky.social•75 days ago

Not a Yankee fan, but watching Cortes' pitches in the first and second inning, they were all batting practice type of offerings. With the predictable results.

nezthedude.bsky.social•75 days ago

Like bro, y’all throwing strikes

guyhangingout.bsky.social•75 days ago

These comments are overtaken by Yankees fan but as a Brewers fan watching these first few games, it seems v plausible the bats are causing a tangible increase in home runs and hard contact. There are many factors the Brewers got crushed, main 1 is bad pitching from a short staff, but those bats…

therunnner.bsky.social•75 days ago

Basically caused by the brewer’s shitty pitching

guyhangingout.bsky.social•75 days ago

The Brewers shit pitching was a factor, but Peralta is not shit & a guy who had a .657 OPS w 12 hrs in ~700 PAs flipping an oppo fly ball for a hr & now having 2 in 10 pas if off. Certainly allowed to state this & you should be less of a prick.

https://bsky.app/profile/guyhangingout.bsky.social/post/3lln2jgiucs2o

guyhangingout.bsky.social•75 days ago

Other than you being a needless prick to someone who has eyes & can observe reality, reality is these bats are juiced & working as intended. They help. Pitchers will make some adjustments, but batters across the league will start using them until they’re made illegal.

https://bsky.app/profile/cespedesbbq.bsky.social/post/3llna622jzs2l

guyhangingout.bsky.social•75 days ago

And they will be made illegal by next year, that seems like a pretty safe bet when shitty players like Volpe can hit oppo routine fly balls out of the park with. Again, don’t run your mouth to me or I will tell you to eat shit & wank your little cock to sleep, little guy. So go do that. Bye now!

therunnner.bsky.social•74 days ago

Your weak, obscenity laced screed shows you have no valid argument. Dozens of MLB are switching to the new bats. And when you want to insult me, come to NYC and do it to my face.

guyhangingout.bsky.social•75 days ago

seem to provide some kind of extra launch for sure. I imagine it won’t be long until many other players adapt & start using them.

merlen56.bsky.social•75 days ago

You think the two players who used them were noticeably putting better balls in player? Please

guyhangingout.bsky.social•75 days ago

It’s 5 players. And uh, yeah, for sure I do! Volpe and Bellinger are top 20 in OPS rn, & Chisholm has an OPS over 1.000 as well. The bats seem to be working as intended, perhaps even more.

merlen56.bsky.social•75 days ago

Using a 3 game sample of OPS proves absolute nothing lol

guyhangingout.bsky.social•75 days ago

Also Goldschmidt & Wells have an OPS over 1.000 now too. So yeah, I think they’re a real aid. Shit like this going out, that Buck even announces like a standard fly, ain’t normal

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JUPMwn9ocRQ

guyhangingout.bsky.social•75 days ago

Volpe had a .657 OPS last year, he’s now welllll above that with 2 HRs thru 3 games. That was a routine oppo fly that left the park. Don’t try to pretend that I’m the crazy one here, Yanks fan.

tonyp22.bsky.social•75 days ago

The skill in the game is to make adjustments to your swing, etc. to barrel more balls. This science lets the athlete stay the same and changes the equipment to barrel more balls… how is this different than corking the bat? @jeffpasan.bsky.social

clutch414.bsky.social•75 days ago

Because they aren’t corking the bat. It’s just lathed differently, all within rules of MLB.

cheatingfraudgers.bsky.social•74 days ago

Let's see the SKANKEES do it on the road, where fans can inspect the balls.

Only iNnOcEnT teams sue to CONceal results of cheating investigations. #Yankees

markfsu.bsky.social•75 days ago

Are these torpedo bats the reason Giancarlo Stanton has two broken elbows but no one else on the team does?

peytonh.bsky.social•76 days ago

Lol what a loser. They're legal, Mr. 0 career WAR

alexanderthegreatt.bsky.social•76 days ago

"Major League Baseball confirmed Sunday that the bats do not violate Major League rules or bat supplier regulations."

https://www.mlb.com/news/yankees-discuss-new-torpedo-bats