Arizona Diamondbacks infielder Eugenio Suarez, who hit 189 home runs over seven seasons with the Cincinnati Reds from 2015 to 2021, was named National League Player of the Week after hitting four home runs in the D'backs' first three games of the season against the Chicago Cubs.
Suarez told MLB Network Tuesday that he hasn't used a torpedo bat yet, but intends to try one.
"I mean I will try one," Suarez said. "I haven't used one yet but I want to try it. It's very popular right now. I see a lot of homers out there. It's very interesting to me to swing one and just try to see how they feel in my hands. Right now, I don't want to change anything. I just want to keep doing what I've been doing. But yeah, obviously, I want to try at least in BP, to see how the ball jumps from the bat."
Suarez, in his second season with Arizona, batted .256 with 30 home runs last season for the D'backs. He clubbed a career-high 49 homers for the Reds in 2019.
Suarez has hit 280 career homers, and is in his 12th MLB season.
From MLB Network via Twitter/X:
Eugenio Suárez posts and produces! 💥 pic.twitter.com/F8EnqKNc08
— MLB Network (@MLBNetwork) April 1, 2025
"Putting up numbers every year, making the adjustments he needed to make to produce."
— MLB Network (@MLBNetwork) April 1, 2025
- @PujolsFive makes his #MLBCentral Skybox season debut to break down one of the best sluggers in the game, Eugenio Suárez!@Dbacks | @markdero7pic.twitter.com/WixyWa5hab
This article originally appeared on Cincinnati Enquirer: Eugenio Suarez: D'backs' IF, NL homers leader wants to try torpedo bat
