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Maple bats are still used league-wide, though with updated standards and specifications. These maple bats were grandfathered in for players who started their careers prior to 2011, like Pujols, but not those who came up after the rule change, like Maldonado, who made his big league debut in September 2011. Maldonado was given the illegal maple bats by Albert Pujols, his former teammate with the 2017-18 Los Angeles Angels. The bat was deemed illegal for safety reasons and not competitive reasons - the specific type of maple bat Maldonado used is more likely to splinter into multiple pieces. Major League Baseball forced Houston Astros catcher Martín Maldonado to stop using an illegal maple bat after Game 1 of the World Series on Friday, reports the New York Post.