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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 ...
MIT physicist Aaron Leanhardt has been credited with creating the torpedo bats. Leanhardt previously served as a hitting ...
Torpedo bats in MLB are here to stay — and could spark further exploration for a technological edge in baseball and beyond.
MLB's torpedo bat has taken the league by storm this season. Which teams and players have used it? Here's a tracker.
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 ...
So what are these weirdly shaped bats, how do they work, and are they even legal? Here’s what to know about these new-styled ...
Baseball Hall of Famer Fergie Jenkins talked about torpedo bats and what they can do for hitters during an appearance on ...
Marte, who has used Tater bats since 2018, was one of many MLB players who inquired about the bat -- now known as a torpedo bat-- as the craze took baseball by storm. He wanted to place an order ...
The opening weekend of the 2025 MLB season was taken over by a surprise star -- torpedo bats. The bowling pin-shaped bats became the talk of the sport after the Yankees' home run onslaught on the ...
The newest innovation in baseball, the bat has a seemingly inflated barrel that is thickest and heaviest where the player ...
Torpedo bats are changing Major League Baseball, but with his head in the sand, MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred wants us to know: "Nothing to see here!" Torpedo bats change the distribution of the ...
The use of elongated bats in Major League Baseball, while potentially advantageous for hitters, raises questions about ...