MIT physicist Aaron Leanhardt has been credited with creating the torpedo bats. Leanhardt previously served as a hitting ...

There is a new craze sweeping through Major League Baseball. It’s called the torpedo bat. Much like the name suggests, the torpedo bat is designed to create a different experience for MLB hitters. It ...

Do hitters who use a Torpedo Bat have an advantage? They just might, and here are the best ones to wager on for Friday night ...

The Yankees' historic home run surge to start the season lifted torpedo bats in the spotlight, but other teams are also using these new models.

The torpedo bats the New York Yankees are using are all the rage in the 2025 MLB season, but it turns out they're not THAT ...

The New York Yankees are already the talk of the 2025 MLB season. Following an offensive explosion — in which the team hit 15 home runs and scored 36 runs in just three games — questions ...

Robert Van Scoyoc, hitting coach, Los Angeles Dodgers: I've heard about bat fitting. We do bat fitting and all that. I just ...

MLB's torpedo bat has taken the league by storm this season. Which teams and players have used it? Here's a tracker.

Yes, the Yankees have a literal genius MIT Physicist, Lenny (who is the man), on payroll. He invented the “Torpedo” barrel. It brings more wood - and mass - to where you most often make contact as a ...

As new as the torpedoes may be to fans, they became available to players in the Yankees’ minor league system in 2022 and were pitched as being able to improve contact. Some Yankees players even used ...

A week has passed since torpedo bats burst ... of the 2025 MLB season, and the hitting innovation is still buzzing through the industry. We asked our MLB reporters to talk to players and coaches ...

While other types of modified bats, such as corked bats, are strictly forbidden in the major leagues, MLB has already confirmed that torpedo bats are legal and allowed; the league itself has even ...