That brought their home-run total to 17 on the season, which Bryan Hoch of MLB.com noted is an all-time record for the first four games of a single campaign. The previous record was set in 2006 when the Detroit Tigers hit 16. This comes after the Bronx Bombers already tied the MLB record with 15 home runs through the first three games of a season.

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.

Yankees manager Aaron Boone compared the use of the torpedo bats to a golfer going to a simulator to get properly fitted for clubs.