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Torpedo Bats Boost MLB

Which MLB players are using the new 'torpedo' bats? Yankees lead the way, but other stars have embraced unique bat shape

MIT physicist Aaron Leanhardt has been credited with creating the torpedo bats. Leanhardt previously served as a hitting analyst with the Yankees before he joined the Miami Marlins as a field coordinator in the offseason.

The New York Times · 4d

Why ‘torpedo bats’ have players across MLB intrigued after Yankees’ power surge

"I think it’s an amazing discovery," said Angels outfielder Taylor Ward, one of many players suddenly interested in the new bats.

Sports Illustrated on MSN · 5d

Every Single MLB Team Ordered Torpedo Bats Within Days of Yankees' Home Run Outburst

Torpedo bats have taken the MLB world by storm in just the week or so since Opening Day. The New York Yankees, who started using these specialized bats this season, have already hit 22 home runs since Thursday,

Ottavino Talks Torpedo Bats, Says 'It's Cool to Hate' Yankees and Look for 'Boogeyman'

And yet, fans were none the wiser until play-by-play announcer Michael Kay highlighted the "torpedo" bat during a Bronx ...

Yankees’ Giancarlo Stanton sidesteps whether torpedo bats caused injury

New York Yankees designated hitter Giancarlo Stanton sidestepped the topic of whether so-called torpedo bats caused the ...

Sports Illustrated10d

Brewers Manager on Yankees Torpedo Bats: ‘It’s Not Like it’s Some Magical Wood’

The carnage left by the New York Yankees in their three-game sweep of the Milwaukee Brewers was hard to ignore. With the Yankees’ 10-3 win over the Brewers on Sunday, New York scored 36 runs, a ...

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Yankees’ New Bats Backfiring as Offense is Suddenly Imploding

On Tuesday, they were shut out for the first time this year, falling 5–0 to the Tigers at Comerica Park. Detroit left-hander ...

2don MSN

Yankees torpedo bats masked fatal flaw now coming back to bite Brain Cashman

With all of the chatter and controversy that was caused by the New York Yankees use of the torpedo bats, you would think that they were undefeated and winning c ...

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MLB commissioner Rob Manfred weighs in on torpedo bats: 'They’re absolutely good for baseball'

One individual voice who had not weighed in on the situation, however, was MLB commissioner Rob Manfred. He remedied that ...

What is the torpedo bat? Are torpedo bats banned? Meet the Marlins coach who invented them

The story of the 2025 MLB season so far is the torpedo bat designed by Miami Marlins coach and former MIT physicist Aaron Leanhardt.

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