Hillerich & Bradsby — the Louisville-based company that makes the Louisville Slugger bats — worked with players and engineers for 18 months to design the torpedo bats. While the torpedo bat ...

Bellinger, the 2019 NL MVP with the Los Angeles Dodgers, switched from a maple Louisville Slugger to a birch bat and cited MLB’s 2010 rule change narrowing the maximum diameter from 2.75 inches.

The slugger smashed only four home runs in 136 at-bats. Outman was unable to perform, and the Dodgers seem likely to keep him out for the upcoming season. “Early on, he looked really comfortable ...

By Monday morning, however, baseball fans in Jentucky were jammed up to a window watching a custom torpedo bat being made for Yankees centerfielder Cody Bellinger at the Louisville Slugger Museum ...

The torpedo bat gained popularity after the Yankees hit 15 home runs during their first three games, but not all players are sold on the new shape.