The 2025 New York Yankees thread
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Brewers reliever Trevor Megill has a problem with the Yankees' new bats, he tells
@nypost
: "I think it's terrible. We'll see what the data says. I've never seen anything like it before. I feel like it's something used in slo-pitch softball. It's genius: Put the mass all in one spot. It might be bush [league]. It might not be. But it's the Yankees, so they'll let is slide."
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Yankees Debut New Gloves
Sports·Mar 31, 2025 · BabylonBee.com
NEW YORK, NY — Continuing to find every equipment modification that could give them a competitive edge, the New York Yankees closed out their season-opening series sweep of the Milwaukee Brewers by debuting new baseball gloves.
The new gloves, which are noticeably larger than traditional mitts, provided Yankee players with significantly more range in the field, increasing their chances of getting opposing batters out and reducing the potential for errors.
"This evolution in fielding is all perfectly legal somehow," said centerfielder Aaron Judge following the game. "While other teams are still stuck in the past with normal-sized gloves, we're moving into the future with mitts the size of truck tires. We learned our lesson in the World Series last year and made the necessary adjustments. Good luck getting any balls past us ever again."
Much like the team's new "torpedo bats" that led to an offensive explosion to start the season, the Yankees hope the new giant baseball gloves will eliminate fielding errors entirely. "Every player can now be a ‘plus' defender," said manager Aaron Boone. "When your glove extends your reach by three feet, no grounder is too far away, no line drive is out of reach, and no home run is safe from being robbed. Plus, they look awesome."
Despite players admitting that running around on the field with gloves as large as bass drums took some getting used to, the new equipment had already paid off, with the team committing no errors in its 12-3 win over the Brewers.
At publishing time, the Yankees were reportedly testing out new, larger, clown-shoe-inspired cleats that would be long enough for players to safely reach bases in fewer steps.
Yankees Debut New Gloves
Sports·Mar 31, 2025 · BabylonBee.com
NEW YORK, NY — Continuing to find every equipment modification that could give them a competitive edge, the New York Yankees closed out their season-opening series sweep of the Milwaukee Brewers by debuting new baseball gloves.
The new gloves, which are noticeably larger than traditional mitts, provided Yankee players with significantly more range in the field, increasing their chances of getting opposing batters out and reducing the potential for errors.
"This evolution in fielding is all perfectly legal somehow," said centerfielder Aaron Judge following the game. "While other teams are still stuck in the past with normal-sized gloves, we're moving into the future with mitts the size of truck tires. We learned our lesson in the World Series last year and made the necessary adjustments. Good luck getting any balls past us ever again."
Much like the team's new "torpedo bats" that led to an offensive explosion to start the season, the Yankees hope the new giant baseball gloves will eliminate fielding errors entirely. "Every player can now be a ‘plus' defender," said manager Aaron Boone. "When your glove extends your reach by three feet, no grounder is too far away, no line drive is out of reach, and no home run is safe from being robbed. Plus, they look awesome."
Despite players admitting that running around on the field with gloves as large as bass drums took some getting used to, the new equipment had already paid off, with the team committing no errors in its 12-3 win over the Brewers.
At publishing time, the Yankees were reportedly testing out new, larger, clown-shoe-inspired cleats that would be long enough for players to safely reach bases in fewer steps.
Aaron Leanhardt, the mastermind behind the Yankees torpedo bats, has one of the craziest career pivots ever. • Earned a PhD from MIT • Worked on a NASA-funded research team • Physics professor at Michigan for 7 years Leanhardt then left academics (at 40 years old) to pursue baseball. He started at Dawson Community College in Montana before becoming a minor league coach for the Yankees. Leanhardt then got moved to the big league club and was responsible for bridging the gap between the analytics department and the players by translating complex analytical data into actionable insights. What a journey.
