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

While the MLB regular season would have been all about upset wins, unexpected comebacks, and the fans enjoying a mug of beer, this year, a mass of wood took all the limelight. The post Is MLB Banning Torpedo Bats?

To the untrained eye, torpedo bats don’t look all that different from standard bats. But to the athletes and coaches who live and breathe professional baseball, they represent a major ...

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 ...

Proud confession No. 1: I love the Torpedo Bats. I love the quirky, bulbous look; I love the ominous name; I love the back story (invented by a physics nerd); I like that the bats are working ...

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 ...

Torpedo bats drew attention over the weekend when the New York Yankees hit a team-record nine homers in one game.

Engineered by a former MIT physicist, the torpedo bat is completely legal under MLB rules. It meets all dimensional requirements but redistributes mass toward the barrel, creating a larger, denser sweet spot.