NEW YORK – Right off the bat, the Yankees’ “torpedo’’ bats are legal. “They made sure before they even brought it to us, with MLB, that it was all within regulation,’’ said Cody ...

Perhaps the team's newly-designed wooden bats had something to do with it? Yankees play-by-play broadcaster Michael Kay detailed during the game how New York redesigned its wooden bats thanks to a ...

Despite the offensive outing, the team's newly designed bats may be the biggest takeaway from the day. Several of the Yankees players were spotted wielding a uniquely designed bat on Saturday.

The New York Yankees' "torpedo" bats-- their new redesigned lumber that moves more wood into the label area to create more area where hitters make contact -- are all the buzz after their huge 20-9 ...

When several of them were seen using an odd-looking new weapon, the baseball world seemed to go bat-crazy trying to learn more about what we now know as the "torpedo bat." The idea behind the new ...

Apparently, the Yankees have crafted a new sort of bat that reallocates some of the wood lower down on the barrel, putting more mass in the area that actually strikes the ball. It basically makes ...

The bats came about thanks to the team's analytics squad which did some research and found that more hits were coming just below the barrel of the bat. They then put more wood in that area and now ...

odd about the bats some pinstripes were using. Jazz Chisholm Jr. and Anthony Volpe both stepped up to the plate against Milwaukee with unusual-looking bats. Instead of "normal" bats, they wielded ...

During spring training, someone in the organization had mentioned to Kay that the team's analytics department had counseled players on where pitches tended to strike their bats, and with ...

The Yankees are using new bats this season that move more of the wood into the label area, ensuring that the hardest part of the bat strikes the ball. That means the thickest part of the bat is ...

2:32 New Brunswick high school dealing with bat infestation Some New Brunswick students have been literally dodging bats — the flying creatures — while their high school deals with an infestation.

New torpedo bats drew attention when the New York Yankees hit a team-record nine homers that traveled a combined 3,695 feet on Saturday. Using a strikingly different model in which wood is moved ...