During spring training, someone in the organization had mentioned to Kay that the team's analytics department had counseled players on where pitches tended to strike their bats, and with subsequent buy-in from some of the players,

A common sentiment from players about torpedo bats is that hitting is about the player. If you can’t hit a 97 mph fastball or nasty slider with a normal bat, a torpedo bat isn’t going to help.

Of note is how D-backs pitchers handled the five Yankees who are known to be using the torpedo bat: Anthony Volpe and Paul Goldschmidt, who bat righty, and Jazz Chisholm Jr., Cody Bellinger and Austin Wells, who bat lefty.