The New York Yankees belted nine home runs in Saturday's 20-9 win over the Milwaukee Brewers and they had the baseball world talking about the new bats that two of their players used in the victory because they sure looked a lot different than what we're used to seeing in MLB games.
Yankees announcer Michael Kay explained during the game that the team's analytics department did a study that, for some players, hits were coming from around the label area instead of on the barrel of the bat. The team then made bats that have more wood in that area, which has already led to some success for hitters that had displayed that hit profile.
