less than 10% of MLB hitters using bats made by Marucci Sports were using the so-called torpedo model, said Kurt Ainsworth, the company’s chief executive. “When you’re a baseball player ...

the traditional wood baseball bat is getting a makeover, and the early returns have been eye-popping. A handful of New York Yankees players praised their new "torpedo" bats for helping with an ...

Torpedo bats are all the rage this season, and Major League Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred believes all that chatter is positive for the sport. "They're absolutely good for baseball," Manfred ...

Business was about to boom, too. Jared Smith speaks about torpedo baseball bats during an interview at Victus Sports in King of Prussia, Pa., Wednesday, April 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke ...

It must help the game. In that light, torpedo bats might not produce baseball's next great leap forward. They're only the latest example of the sport's fascinating relationship with change ...

The New York Yankees smashed 15 home runs in their first three games of the 2025 Major League Baseball season, largely thanks to a brand new tool: torpedo bats. These revolutionary new bats ...

If you’re a baseball fan, then you know it’s impossible to watch a game these days without hearing about torpedo bats, the new bat design giving hitters unforeseen power. But what is it about ...

Baseball season is back, and it didn't take long for the New York Yankees to start crushing records and dominating conversation. And at the center of it all? "Torpedo" bats. The Bronx Bombers tied ...

But they have a long history of studying how baseball works, including a collaboration studying illegal "corked" bats. The torpedo bats are legal, conforming to MLB's rule 3.02, which states ...

Phillies slugger Bryce Harper is among the stars who stick their bats on highlight reels. But that torpedo-looking hunk of lumber? It generated about as much interest last season in baseball as a ...

Torpedo bats are all the rage this season, and Major League Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred believes all that chatter is positive for the sport. "They're absolutely good for baseball," Manfred ...