In a game often rooted in tradition, a new baseball bat is making waves, shaking up the sport with its unique design and unprecedented results.

Now back to the torpedo bat. It's designed so that the wider part of the bat IS the sweet spot. Since it’s wider, it's easier to hit the ball. Since that part is the sweet spot, it gives the ball a ...

It’s just a piece of wood, but because it’s milled with precision, it can cost hundreds of dollars and can result in ...

The Pitt News asked Pitt physics chair Andrew Zentner his thoughts on the new bats and the science behind the torpedo-shaped ...

I’m just playing baseball.” That the Yankees had a historically great game, and that some players were using funny-looking ...

Many of the Yankees used torpedo bats while posting historic numbers this weekend. Here's how the team started using the ...

Perhaps most notably, it was revealed that Giancarlo Stanton was swinging a version of a torpedo bat for large portions of ...

Paul LaMantia and Ryan LaPensee have learned a valuable lesson from early in the 2025 Major League Baseball season.

The story of the 2025 MLB season so far is the torpedo bat designed by Miami Marlins coach and former MIT physicist Aaron ...

The New York Yankees quietly brought a physics experiment to the plate. Then came the home-run barrage.

The torpedo bats became the hottest topic in Major League ... engineering from the University of Michigan and a Ph.D. in physics from MIT, is at the helm of the research and experimentation ...

Torpedo bats in MLB are here to stay — and could spark further exploration for a technological edge in baseball and beyond.