Brewers pitching problems may go deeper than torpedo bats after another shellacking

The Brewers may need to find another excuse other than the torpedo bats for why they’ve struggled thus far into the season. After getting shellacked by the Yankees over the weekend, Milwaukee watched the Royals score three runs in the first inning, followed by a six-run seventh en route to an 11-1 Kansas City win at American Family Field on Monday.The ugly showing for the third consecutive game led those on social media to roast the Brewers over the torpedoing start to their season. “While it’s an interesting topic, not sure why there’s controversy.The bigger question fans should have is why did Brewers pitchers think they could get middle-middle fastballs by quality hitters?” one person wrote on X. “Brewers pitchers after seeing everyone blame ‘torpedo bats’ for all the home runs they gave up…” another person wrote with a GIF of people cheering. “Whoever came up with the torpedo bat owes the Milwaukee Brewers pitching staff a firm handshake.

If Maikel Garcia is taking pitchers 430′ to dead center, it ain’t the bats,” a third person wrote. Even one ex-MLBer chimed in on social media to comment on the Brewers’ issues. “It’s 8-0 Royals vs the Brewers and I haven’t seen one Torpedo bat,” Cameron Maybin posted.Milwaukee has given up a combined 43 runs over its last three games, with fans initially taking aim at the torpedo bat the Yankees used over the weekend. Brewers closer Trevor Megill told The Post’s Dan Martin that he “thinks it’s terrible.”“We’ll see what the data says.I’ve never seen anything like it before.

I feel like it’s something used in slow-pitch softball.It’s genius: Put the mass all in one spot.

It might be bush [league].It might not be.

But it’s the Yankees, so they’ll let it slide,” he said over the weekend. The bat seemed like an easy culprit, but it seems the Brewers’ pitching issues may be more to blame.Milwaukee’s pitching staff has been decimated to start the year with ...