In the early days of this year’s season, 'torpedo' bats have become all the rage for big-league hitters. And now, they are showing up in almost every big-league clubhouse.

While baseball can sometimes be on the sporting back burner, torpedo bats have captured everyone's attention. What's going on.

The Yankees' new "Torpedo" bats are the talk of baseball. The bats -- which Major League Baseball confirmed are legal \-\- are defined by an untraditional barrel, which rests closer to the hitter's hands.

Victus Sports CEO Jared Smith, whose company produces the official bats for Major League Baseball, estimated that about 25 percent of MLB players have contacted them or parent company Marucci to test the new bats, according to Caleb Mezzy of The Athletic.

Torpedo bats are just the latest innovation in the design of baseball bats, some of which stuck, and others which ... did not.

Major League Baseball is buzzing over torpedo bats. Here's an inside look at the demand for the bats, and how one factory is trying to keep up.

After the new design erupted into the public’s attention last weekend, there was an instant surge of interest.

Torpedo bats are all the rage around Major League Baseball this week, but are they here to stay? The Yankees’ power display over the weekend \-\- New York hit 15 home runs in a three-game home sweep o

The newest innovation in baseball, the bat has a seemingly inflated barrel that is thickest and heaviest where the player most frequently makes contact.

Torpedo bats are thinner at the top with more wood closer to the batter’s hands. The Yankees debuted these new bats in their opening weekend and hit 15 home runs.