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

Baseball season is back, and it didn’t take long for the New York Yankees to start crushing records and dominating ...

Major League Baseball commissioner Rob Manfred recently addressed the advent and rising popularity of the so-called "torpedo ...

So what are these weirdly shaped bats, how do they work, and are they even legal? Here’s what to know about these new-styled bats you may see more of during the MLB season. Credit has been directed ...

By now, you’ve probably heard about baseball’s greatest innovation since the curveball: MLB’s new “torpedo” bat, the reconfigured bat that moves the barrel — or the sweet spot — closer to the handle, ...

With 15 home runs in their first three games, the New York Yankees are flexing their muscles. Could part of their success be ...

The Yankees' new "Torpedo" bats are the talk of baseball. The bats -- which Major League Baseball confirmed are legal \-\- ...

Nine of their MLB record-tying 15 home runs hit in their first three games were used by five players using torpedo bats, including six of a franchise-record nine homers in Saturday's 20-9 rout ...

After the Bronx Bombers lived up to their nickname with an historic nine-homer game, attention turned to the new ...

"When it was first introduced to us, I didn’t know how widespread this thought process was, but it’s getting around pretty quick." ...

The “torpedo bat” may be more than a quirky new piece of gear. It might be the gateway to a new era in baseball.

Torpedo bats in MLB are here to stay — and could spark further exploration for a technological edge in baseball and beyond.