Yankees catcher J.C. Escarra clearly thinks these barking about New York’s new torpedo bats ought to pipe down … telling TMZ Sports activities, “on the finish of the day, you continue to should swing the bat and hit the ball within the barrel.”

The Bronx Bombers, in fact, set the baseball world on hearth this weekend after they debuted some wonky-looking bats of their collection with the Milwaukee Brewers … after which proceeded to hit a bunch of dwelling runs with them in a three-game sweep.

Critics of the Pinstripes took to their social media pages to blast the MLB for permitting the Yankees to change their lumber — with many claiming Rob Manfred and co. let all of it slide ‘trigger NY is the league’s hottest crew.

However after we sat down on Monday with Escarra — who was out at a Elevating Cane’s in Instances Sq. together with his mother — he downplayed the matter, noting it is all inside league guidelines … whereas stating others throughout MLB additionally swung them all through opening weekend.

“Persons are making it a giant deal proper now,” he mentioned. “However, they have been round for some time. It isn’t simply us which are utilizing them.”

Nonetheless, it positive looks as if Escarra thinks they’re at the least considerably efficient … as he tells us he’ll be utilizing one in an upcoming sport after seeing all of the success his teammates had over the weekend.

By the best way, when you’re unfamiliar with how Escarra made it to the Yankees this yr — it is a fairly unimaginable story. The rookie was a longtime minor leaguer who really needed to work as an Uber driver earlier than Aaron Boone formally put him on the roster.