The Milwaukee Brewers are really wearing it to start the 2025 MLB season, and it prompted the same joke on social media Monday.
The Brewers lost their home opener 11-1 on Monday against the Kansas City Royals, surrendering two more home runs in the process. That came after a weekend series in New York against the Yankees in which Milwaukee pitching gave up 15 home runs in three games.
The talk of that first series was the Yankees’ use of their new “torpedo bats,” which many suggested gave the Bronx Bombers an advantage. One Brewers pitcher even called the bats “terrible.”
The verdict was different on Monday, however. Many on social media pointed out that the Brewers’ ongoing pitching issues have everything to do with their pitching staff, as the Royals were not armed with the new bats.
It might not be the Torpedo Bats
— Devine Sports Gospel (@DevineGospel) March 31, 2025
It might just be the Brewers pitching staff pic.twitter.com/Lr6tQgPLh3
Yes, let’s pretend Torpedo bats are the problem, not the Brewers. pic.twitter.com/yMe4TT4DCc
— Andrew Samaha (@acsamaha) March 31, 2025
The Royals just scored 3 off 4 hits in the first inning with regular bats against the Brewers. Y'all might need to chill about those weird bats.
— Justin Langford (@ShnopsDeJesus) March 31, 2025
Was it the torpedo bats or just the Brewers pitching staff? pic.twitter.com/tyq8J3diqE
— Mike McClure (@Mike5754) March 31, 2025
It's 8-0 Royals vs the Brewers and I haven't seen one Torpedo bat 🤷🏾♂️
— Cameron Maybin (@CameronMaybin) March 31, 2025
Only time will tell if the Yankees continue their blistering pace against other teams. At this point, however, there is a fairly compelling case that Milwaukee’s pitching is just bad, and the impact of those torpedo bats might have been vastly overstated.
It has been clarified that the Yankees’ new bats are perfectly legal. It should also be noted that Aaron Judge hit four home runs in that three game series, and he has not changed his bat. Between that and the fact that the Royals scored 11 runs Monday after tallying just 10 in three games against Cleveland, the common thread is becoming fairly clear.
