The founder of popular site Barstool Sports went on a tirade about "torpedo" bats, drawing a response from a New York Yankees infielder.

NEW YORK — If you happen to think torpedo bats are a shortcut to home run heaven, take a look at the Yankees’ box scores the last two nights. They’ve struck out 27 times, not to mention back to back losses to the Diamondbacks. So let’s be real about this next-generation lumber.

The New York Yankees' new torpedo bats, developed by MIT physicist Aaron Leanhardt who has also done work for NASA, have gone viral and sparked a fierce debate.

New torpedo bats drew attention when the New York Yankees hit a team-record nine homers that traveled a combined 3,695 feet.

The Yankees ’ historic power surge against the Brewers to start the season opened the floodgates across the league with the barrels that look like bowling pins. Everybody is commenting on the innovation and it sure sounds like more and more players are hungry to give the new-look barrels a shot.

Yankees slugger Giancarlo Stanton said he'll continue using a torpedo bat whenever he returns from pain in both elbows, but also declined to say whether he thought using the new model might have cause