As the Yankees tied a record with 15 home runs in their opening weekend three-game series, attention has grown around the so-called torpedo, or bowling pin, bats that five players have been swinging.

That quintet -- Jazz Chisholm Jr., Anthony Volpe, Austin Wells, Cody Bellinger and Paul Goldschmidt -- slugged nine of those 15 home runs while wielding a seemingly misshapen bat, with a thicker sweet spot and a more pronounced taper toward the end.

While there are some benefits to the bat design, multiple insiders who spoke to SBJ emphasized that any modification comes with a trade-off and isn’t an instant remedy. Read more from SBJ senior reporter Joe Lemire here.

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