Using a torpedo bat for the first time, Reds shortstop Elly De La Cruz had a career night Monday against the Texas Rangers, hitting a pair of long home runs and driving in seven in a 14-3 blowout.

Like it or not, the Cincinnati Reds' Elly De La Cruz just dumped a ton of fuel on the torpedo-style bat conversation that's engulfed MLB. The so-called torpedo bats − the MLB-legal, tailor-made ...

The legend of the "torpedo bat" grows. Elly De La Cruz had what will surely stand as one of the best individual games of the 2025 MLB season Monday while leading the Cincinnati Reds to a 14-3 win ...

Add Elly De La Cruz’s name to the growing list of MLB players embracing the hyped “torpedo” bat. The star Cincinnati Reds shortstop had a night to remember Monday, going 4-for-5 with two ...

MILWAUKEE – The first day Elly De La Cruz got his hands on one of those newly designed torpedo bats last week, he fell for baseball’s newest craze. “They brought one, I tried it in practice ...

Cincinnati Reds star shortstop Elly De La Cruz, like every baseball player and fan, has heard all about the torpedo bat. And he wanted to see for himself what all the fuss was about. So ...

If Elly De La Cruz had his way, he might have been in uniform and starting for the Reds' series opener against the Arizona ...

CINCINNATI -- Using the trendy torpedo bat for the first time, Elly De La Cruz had a single, double and two home runs for a career-high seven RBIs as the Cincinnati Reds routed the Texas Rangers ...

"It's pink bat season, and we're gearing Elly De La Cruz up for Sunday ... Louisville Slugger handcrafted De La Cruz's first-ever torpedo bat, which he used for the first time March 31 against ...

Cincinnati Reds superstar Elly De La Cruz debuted the torpedo bat on Monday night and the results were better than anybody could've expected. The New York Yankees took the world by storm last ...