MIT physicist Aaron Leanhardt has been credited with creating the torpedo bats. Leanhardt previously served as a hitting ...

and I think you’re gonna see players across the board using it.” Right now, Ainsworth says likely just “10 or 15 percent” of the league is adopting the torpedo bats, but he believes that ...

Despite being legal, the bat has become controversial among fans, players ... most hitters are using bats with barrels much smaller than the maximum sized barrel. The torpedo bat will likely ...

The New York Yankees’ 20-9 win against the Milwaukee Brewers last Saturday has put the spotlight on the odd, bowling-pin-shaped “torpedo bat” that many of the team’s players were swinging.

MLB's biggest trend hasn't made its way to L.A. just yet, but the reigning champion Dodgers are intrigued and plan to test the new bats out soon.

it will be hard not to look at their adoption of torpedo bats and wonder how many other players might benefit from making the switch.

Some of them were hit by players wielding an innovation from a former team employee and a one-time MIT physicist, who reimagined the field-legal bats to be shaped more like a torpedo.

Some players make contact with the ball more on the label instead of the traditional barrel of the bat. The torpedo bats move the barrel to the label, so when they make contact they barrel up the ...

While Judge and Correa are satisfied with their conventional bat, other players around the MLB are turning their eyes toward the torpedo bats. Los Angeles Angels infielder Nicky Lopez told The ...

I'm sure people are curious." A common sentiment from players about torpedo bats is that hitting is about the player. If you can’t hit a 97 mph fastball or nasty slider with a normal bat ...

Torpedo bats are now all the rage across the league, but opinions on the bats are split. Some players are ready to experiment with the torpedo bats. Others are quick to call them a scourge.