All this talk about torpedo bats has left former American League Cy Young Award winner Bartolo Colon wondering.
The bats, which feature a barrel, or fatter part of the bat, closer to the handle resulting in a tapered end, went viral after several New York Yankees players used the lumber as the team belted a record-tying 15 home runs in the season's first three games. Since that point, MLB players and teams have been scrambling to get their hands on the bats in an effort to see if they truly do boost a hitter's performance.
To that end, Colon, in a highly-amusing tweet, questioned whether the innovative lumber might have the same effect on his own limited, but infamous, work at the dish.
I wonder how many home runs I would’ve hit with a torpedo bat 🤔
— Bartolo Colon (@BColon40) March 31, 2025
Colon, who played all 21 of his MLB seasons during a time when there was no designated hitter in the National League, occasionally had the chance to grab a bat and take some hacks.
In 326 career plate appearances, Colon struck out 166 times and collected just 25 hits. But one of those hits was a home run for the New York Mets, which Colon belted at the age of 42, making him the oldest player to hit a first career home run in MLB history.
Could there have been more moments like this if Colon was armed with a torpedo bat? We'll unfortunately never know.
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This article was originally published on www.si.com as Bartolo Colon Asked Perfect Question in Response to MLB's Viral Torpedo Bats.
