Major League Baseball has found itself at the center of a heated discussion as a new bat design—nicknamed the torpedo bat—grabs headlines and swings for the fences. With a reimagined weight ...

Torpedo bats have taken the MLB world by storm in just the week or so since Opening Day. ESPN recently spoke to Bobby Hillerich, vice president of production at Hillerich & Bradsby which makes ...

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 Mania has ...

The Bronx Bombers now have torpedoes in their arsenal. The wood of the bat is shifted from the barrel towards the batter's hands to create a custom sweet spot where contact is most frequently made.

Rejoice, New York Yankees fans, because torpedo bats are here to stay. Of course, that was never really in doubt. Shortly after the Yankees exploded for what felt like a million home runs in their ...

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 bat's ...

The 2025 MLB season is just getting started, but there has been no shortage of storylines throughout the first couple of weeks. The New York Yankees' (and other teams') use of torpedo bats dominated ...

Torpedo bats have taken the MLB world by storm in just the week or so since Opening Day. The New York Yankees, who started using these specialized bats this season, have already hit 22 home runs since ...