Yes, the Yankees have a literal genius MIT Physicist, Lenny (who is the man), on payroll. He invented the “Torpedo” barrel. It brings more wood - and mass - to where you most often make contact as a ...

Is it the bat or the confidence that a bat that looks like a torpedo gives? Anthony Volpe isn’t quite sure just yet, but after hitting two home runs in his first two games of the season with the ...

What differentiates a torpedo bat from a standard bat is the shape. A torpedo bat features a thicker sweet spot — or barrel — before thinning out near the top of the bat. The shape resembles a ...

The opening weekend of the 2025 MLB season was taken over by a surprise star -- torpedo bats. The bowling pin-shaped bats became the talk of the sport after the Yankees' home run onslaught on the ...

While the points of emphasis in the game have changed, the choice of bat has always depended on the size of the hitter, the shape of his swing and the kind of batsman he wants to be. During the ...

"And all torpedo bats aren’t shaped the same." Essentially, when teams are investing so much into the science and math of hitting and pitching, it was only a matter of time before bat shapes ...

Several Yankees players have been employing the torpedo-shaped bats to start the season, and their immediate success has other players around the league intrigued about the newly designed lumber.

Although bat shapes can’t be patented there have been trademarks filed this week for “Torpedo Bat” and “The Torpedo Bat” by Purple Lion LLC and Just Happy LLC, respectively. Just Happy ...

The company’s founders just never imagined that shape would resemble a bowling pin. “It was the most talked about thing about bats that we ever experienced,” Victus co-founder Jared Smith said.