Despite losing their first game of the MLB season, the New York Yankees continued their historic start to the year as they broke multiple records through their prolific home run hitting.
Some of the Yankees are using redesigned bats this season and they appear to have made a difference in the first two games of the season.
The New York Yankees tied Major League Baseball's all-time record for the most home runs hit through a team's first three games of a season on Sunday, launching four more home runs against the Milwaukee Brewers (GameTracker) to bring their seasonal total to 15.
The New York Yankees had a historic first inning against the Milwaukee Brewers on Saturday, as they hit four home runs for the first time in franchise history.
Aaron Judge hit the third of three straight homers for the Yankees to open the game before adding a grand slam in the third inning and a two-run shot in the fourth as New York hit a team-record nine homers in an 20-9 rout over the visiting Milwaukee Brewers on Saturday afternoon.
Torpedo bats are the talk of baseball, thanks to the number of New York Yankees using them while smashing records in the opening weekend. The Yankees hit nine home runs against the Milwaukee Brewers in the second game of the season,
For one game, one nine-inning bundle of chaos for the history books, the Yankees made it easy to forget that 41 homers worth of power bolted to Queens and completely reshaped their offseason.
With a few more home runs off Diamondbacks ace Corbin Burnes, the Yankees made more MLB history to start the 2025 season.