Yankees’ J.C. Escarra
Defends Torpedo Bats …
You Nonetheless Have To Swing It!!!
Revealed
TMZSports.com
Yankees catcher J.C. Escarra clearly thinks these barking about New York’s new torpedo bats ought to pipe down … telling TMZ Sports activities, “at the end of the day, you still have to swing the bat and hit the ball in the barrel.”
The Bronx Bombers, after all, set the baseball world on fireplace this weekend after they debuted some wonky-looking bats of their collection with the Milwaukee Brewers … after which proceeded to hit a bunch of dwelling runs with them in a three-game sweep.
Critics of the Pinstripes took to their social media pages to blast the MLB for permitting the Yankees to change their lumber — with many claiming Rob Manfred and co. let all of it slide ‘trigger NY is the league’s hottest workforce.
However once we sat down on Monday with Escarra — who was out at a Elevating Cane’s in Occasions Sq. along with his mother — he downplayed the matter, noting it is all inside league guidelines … whereas declaring others throughout MLB additionally swung them all through opening weekend.
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“People are making it a big deal right now,” he mentioned. “But, they’ve been around for a while. It’s not just us that are using them.”
Nonetheless, it certain looks as if Escarra thinks they’re no less than considerably efficient … as he tells us he will be utilizing one in an upcoming sport after seeing all of the success his teammates had over the weekend.
By the best way, when you’re unfamiliar with how Escarra made it to the Yankees this 12 months — it is a fairly unimaginable story. The rookie was a longtime minor leaguer who truly needed to work as an Uber driver earlier than Aaron Boone formally put him on the roster.
It is such a novel journey, it may very well be made right into a film — and take a look at our interview with the 29-year-old, he is acquired two A-listers he would like to see play him if it does get a Hollywood script.
