Yankees' Giancarlo Stanton will keep using torpedo bats despite injury questions

Yankees slugger Giancarlo Stanton said he'll continue using a torpedo bat whenever he returns from pain in both elbows, but also declined to say whether he thought using the new model might have caused his injury.

Last season, Stanton began using the unique bats that feature more wood lower down the barrel closer to the label, shaped a little like a bowling pin. During spring training, he seemed to hint that using the different bats could have caused pain, telling reporters, "probably some bat adjustments," before later adding he didn't know why his injury occurred.

"You’re not going to get the story you’re looking for," Stanton said Tuesday before New York opened a three-game series against the Arizona Diamondbacks. "So if that’s what you guys want, that ain’t going to happen."

The torpedo bats made national headlines after Cody Bellinger, Jazz Chisholm Jr., Paul Goldschmidt, Anthony Volpe and Austin Wells used them while combining to hit nine of New York’s 15 homers in its season-opening sweep of the Milwaukee Brewers.

The bats were developed by Aaron Leonhardt, a former Yankees front-office staffer and MIT physicist now working for the Miami Marlins. On Monday, before the Marlins faced the New York Mets, Leonhardt said the origin of the bats dates to 2023 but added any success with them was due to the talented players swinging them.

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"It makes a lot of sense," Stanton said. "But it’s like, why hasn’t anyone thought of it in 100-plus years? It’s explained simply and then you try it and as long as it’s comfortable in your hand."

Stanton is still feeling pain and has started hitting with the Trajekt machine that simulates high velocity and