The shape resembles a bowling pin. And while torpedo bats look different, they are legal under MLB rules. MIT physicist Aaron Leanhardt has been credited with creating the torpedo bats.

And at the center of it all? “Torpedo” bats. The Bronx Bombers tied an MLB record as they hit 15 home runs in their opening three-game series – including a franchise-record nine in their 20 ...

Can anything defuse Major League Baseball's hottest hitting weapon? The so-called torpedo bats − the MLB-legal, tailor-made bats with weight distribution toward the barrel − have become the ...

The reconfiguration gives the bat the shape of a torpedo -- or a bowling pin, which doesn't sound nearly as menacing or apropos. Because the Yankees hit bombs with them. Nine of their MLB record ...

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 ...

But the torpedo bat changes that ... Marucci is one of the official bats of MLB, along with Victus (Marucci purchased Victus in 2017). Together, they provide bats to a majority of the players ...

The Yankees’ new torpedo bats might be here to stay. Despite many fans’ worries that the bats may be illegal, they do not violate MLB rules. MLB requires that bats are smooth, round and don ...

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 ...

The shape resembles a bowling pin. And while torpedo bats look different, they are legal under MLB rules. MIT physicist Aaron Leanhardt has been credited with creating the torpedo bats.