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The torpedo bats have the barrel of the bat in a different location. Instead of being at the end of the bat, the barrel is closer to the handle, which gives the bat a bowling pin shape.
After the New York Yankees hit 15 home runs (nine of which came off torpedo bats) this past weekend, bat makers are looking to cash in on the offensive explosion. Manufacturers Victus, Marucci ...
Plus, he just had to take some cuts with baseball's latest fad and see for himself if there really was some wizardry in the wallop off a torpedo bat. Ed Costantini, of Newtown Square, picked up ...
The extraordinary torpedo bats that have taken MLB by storm may be headed toward being completely ordinary. “I think you’re going to see it across all 30 teams,”former MLB pitcher and co ...
But thanks to his invention of the torpedo bat that's taken over the league in 2025, the former MIT physicist has become a celebrity of sorts. EVERYTHING TO KNOW ABOUT THE TORPEDO BAT: From design ...
MIAMI — The only known member of the Mets to use the torpedo bat this season is Francisco Lindor. That fact alone should tell you the innovative bat isn’t a panacea for a player — Lindor was ...
NEW YORK — The Torpedo Bat Era isn’t even a week old. But in the short time since Yankees play-by-play man Michael Kay pointed out the team’s new, misshapen sticks on live TV, Torpedo Bat ...
MIAMI — For the MIT-educated physicist behind the torpedo bat, it’s more about the talent of the players than their lumber at the plate. The torpedo model — a striking design in which wood ...
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 new, although you can be sure more players will be trying them now after ...
The "torpedo" bat used by several players on the New York Yankees was created by Aaron Leanhardt, an MIT physicist who now coaches for the Miami Marlins. Leanhardt developed the torpedo bat from ...
It might not be. But it’s the Yankees, so they’ll let it slide.” A common sentiment from players about torpedo bats is that hitting is about the player. If you can’t hit a 97 mph fastball ...
NEW YORK — Aaron Boone was asked one of the many questions that everyone has been wondering about ever since torpedo bats hijacked public discourse. Does he believe there will be a significant ...