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Some Major League Baseball players are changing up the type of bat they use in favor of ones that feature the thickest part ...
Today’s guest columnists are professors John Cairney and Rick Burton. Torpedo bats are having their moment. With their dramatically tapered barrels and enlarged sweet spots, these odd-looking clubs ...
An insider recently suggested the newly designed torpedo bat might solve a St. Louis Cardinals fan favorite's hitting struggles in 2025.
MIT physicist Aaron Leanhardt has been credited with creating the torpedo bats. Leanhardt previously served as a hitting ...
By now, you’ve probably heard about baseball’s greatest innovation since the curveball: MLB’s new “torpedo” bat, the ...
MLB's torpedo bat has taken the league by storm this season. Which teams and players have used it? Here's a tracker.
The use of elongated bats in Major League Baseball, while potentially advantageous for hitters, raises questions about ...
Torpedo bats are just the latest innovation in the design of baseball bats, some of which stuck, and others which ... did not ...
The Miami Marlins have a secret weapon on their coaching staff: the man behind the torpedo bat, the early sensation of the 2025 Major League Baseball season. It's not often a field coordinator is ...
In the early days of this year’s season, 'torpedo' bats have become all the rage for big-league hitters. And now, they are ...
Reds star Elly De La Cruz is the latest convert, hitting two home runs and knocking in seven runs in his first game with the unique bat.
While other types of modified bats, such as corked bats, are strictly forbidden in the major leagues, MLB has already ...