Some of the Yankees are using redesigned bats this season and they appear to have made a difference in the first two games of the season.

The New York Yankees are enjoying a record-breaking season, hitting 17 home runs in just four games. The introduction of the controversial but legal '

Aaron Judge hit the third of three straight homers for the Yankees to open the game before adding a grand slam in the third inning and a two-run shot in the fourth as New York hit a team-record nine homers in an 20-9 rout over the visiting Milwaukee Brewers on Saturday afternoon.

Judge followed his home run off Cortes in the first with a grand slam in the third and a solo shot in the fourth, both against Milwaukee reliever Connor Thomas. The 26-year-old lefty surrendered eight runs in two innings of work, coming on for Cortes who also gave up eight runs in two innings.

With a few more home runs off Diamondbacks ace Corbin Burnes, the Yankees made more MLB history to start the 2025 season.

The Yankees blasted nine home runs on Saturday against the Brewers while using newly-shaped bats, drawing questions about their legality in the MLB rulebook.

The Yankees haven’t just come out swinging in 2025, they’ve come out rewriting the record books. Even in their first loss of the season — a 7–4 defeat to the Diamondbacks — the Yankees added another record to their opening week resume.

New York's first three homers came off the first three pitches of the game -- an MLB record -- as Judge later hit a grand slam and finished with eight RBI