MLB says Yankees' new Torpedo Bats are legal and likely coming to a dugout near you but are we sure this is what we want?

Pretty sure they used them in spring training too, so there's a larger sample size than just a few games.

Riffing off your point about Judge not using the torpedo bats that game. I learned the following from ex-MLB hitter Kevin Barker on the Blair and Barker podcast today.

Hitters of Judge's calibre are unlikely to use torpedo bats. Torpedo bats are for helping players who tend to miss hitting the ball at the sweet spot of the bat - so the bat is designed differently to give more sweet spot to wherever it is they typically make contact (e.g., if it's closer to the thumbs - make the bat wider there). Elite hitters don't need this correction. Torpedo bats are poised to help less talented hitters, not the elite hitters. Torpedo bats, or custom bats in general, are also very expensive, so minor leaguers are unlikely to be able to afford them or use them