Yankees’ New Bats Backfiring as Offense is Suddenly Imploding

Originally posted on Athlon Sports | By Kristie Ackert | Last updated Apr 8, 2025 4:26 PM ET

After launching missiles, breaking records, and making torpedo bats the talk of baseball in the first week of the 2025 season, the New York Yankees bats – torpedo and otherwise – have gone quiet.

On Tuesday, they were shut out for the first time this year, falling 5–0 to the Tigers at Comerica Park. Detroit left-hander Tarik Skubal was dominant, retiring 16 straight Yankees at one point and allowing just four hits over six shutout innings. He struck out six and didn’t walk a batter.

It was the Yankees’ third straight loss. Over that stretch, they’ve scored just six runs total—and none in their last 14 innings. They haven’t hit a home run in 22 innings, a jarring drought for a lineup that launched 25 homers in its first eight games.

The dry spell continued Monday in a 6–2 loss. Casey Mize blanked them over six innings, and the Yankees struggled to square anything up. That includes pitches they were crushing just days ago with the help of their much-talked-about torpedo bats—wider-barreled models designed to increase contact and optimize swing speed. But so far in Detroit, nothing has looked optimized.

Before this stretch, the Yankees had scored nine or more runs in five of their first eight games, including a 20-run explosion in the season's second game.

Now, the lineup looks off-balance and lost..

The depth is being tested with Giancarlo Stanton and DJ LeMahieu on the injured list and Cody Bellinger sidelined by illness.

They’ll try to avoid a sweep on Wednesday. The bats, torpedo-shaped or not, need to come back to life.

This article first appeared on Athlon Sports and was syndicated with permission.

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