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

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

Will there be a significant offensive surge in baseball now that hitters across the league want their hands on the bats?

But the development of the uniquely shaped piece of lumber — it looks more like a bowling pin than a traditional bat, with a ...

Some of the Bronx Bombers are using this altered bat design, courtesy of Aaron Leanhardt, a former University of Michigan ...

The New York Yankees have always liked size ... So perhaps it’s not surprising that, in 2023, when Aaron Leanhardt, who was, at the time, a minor-league hitting coördinator for the team ...

The Yankees mashed 15 taters in the three-game ... Miami Marlins field coordinator Aaron Leanhardt (72) in the dugout against the Atlanta Braves in the fifth inning April 4, 2025, at Truist ...

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

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

Before he was putting his intellect to use crafting a baseball bat that would allow the New York Yankees to tie home run records, Aaron Leanhardt spent years studying and teaching physics.