Hilarious broadcast update reveals Dodgers are wasting no time with torpedo bat trend

After the New York Yankees used unique, bowling pin-shaped "torpedo" bats to mash a whopping 15 home runs in a three-game sweep of the Milwaukee Brewers last weekend, we probably should have expected that it would only be a matter of time before some of those bats made it into the hands of the Los Angeles Dodgers.

Kirsten Watson of SportsNet LA reported during Monday's live broadcast of the Dodgers' game against the Atlanta Braves that while none of the Dodgers players were currently using the bats or "had their hands on them," three Dodgers – including third baseman Max Muncy – had already placed orders for them.

"For now, it's just about testing them out," Watson said of the new bats, which could find their way to the Dodgers' clubhouse as early as Wednesday. "It's a lot about the feel and if they like it or not. But this is a bat by Marucci – that's a company, they fit all of the players with their bats during spring training and the offseason – so [the Dodgers] were kind of at a surprise that they hadn't seen these just yet, but they are interested to learn a little bit more about them."

Dodgers play-by-play announcer Joe Davis added that he had asked co-hitting coach Robert Van Scoyoc if any of the Dodgers players were using the torpedo bats yet and that Van Scoyoc replied, "No, but literally, they're all ordering them."

Dodgers players are wasting no time getting on the torpedo bat trend

Van Scoyoc also told Jack Harris of the Los Angeles Times that he expected several Dodgers players to try out the new bats, especially after the positive results they yielded for the Yankees. Muncy in particular seemed excited about them, noting that the torpedo design was dramatically different than any of the bats he had ever used.

“For me, it’s exciting just because there hasn’t been much of this,” Muncy said (via Harris). “They had 100 different bat models [already], shaped this way, shaped that way. But nothing’s ever been as drastic as what this is.”

Muncy proceeded to joke that the design of the torpedo bats "might be a detriment" to him, given that he typically hits the ball closer to the end of the bat, but noted that the development was nonetheless "exciting for the game of baseball."

Now you're all in big, big trouble.

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