Max Muncy -- the Los Angeles Dodgers one, not the A's guy -- decided to try the now-famous (or infamous, as some feel) torpedo bat on Wednesday night in an eventual win over the Atlanta Braves.

Brian Kenny is joined by Rob Parker for this edition of the Showdown to discuss "torpedo bats", Jackson Merrill and of the Atlanta Braves are done?

Dodgers first baseman Freddie Freeman aggravated his surgically repaired ankle when he slipped in the shower, keeping him out of the lineup vs. Atlanta.

According to The Athletic, Leanhardt spent the 2022 season pitching his vision to players across the Yankees’ system. The redesigned bats featured a subtle but significant shift in mass, moving weight closer to the hitter’s hands in an effort to improve barrel control and reduce swing-and-miss outcomes.

Max Muncy's relationship with the ballyhooed torpedo bat may have been a fleeting one. The Los Angeles Dodgers third baseman used the oddly shaped baseball innovation for his first three plate appearances of L.

Even with Ronald Acuña Jr. still recovering from an ACL tear, the Atlanta Braves are expected to have one of the most explosive offenses in all of Major League

The Atlanta Braves are already sold on the results generated by the Yankees' batters. The Braves are a batter-heavy lineup - they tied the team season record for home runs with 307 home runs in 2023. Just like fans of other teams, the Braves seem ready to take the plunge and test the 'torpedo'-shaped bats currently being used by the Yankees.

The Atlanta Braves are in need of solutions. After starting their season 0-4 and an upcoming series against the 2024 World Series Champions to say that the Braves are struggling would be an understatement. Though there are still at least 158 games ahead of them and some of their best players are still in recovery, suggestions are welcome.

The New York Yankees' use of a "torpedo" style baseball bat was all the talk around MLB over the weekend, but Aaron Judge is not one of the players using