The torpedo bat, made famous by the New York Yankees and now linked to the Marlins, is becoming one of the most talked-about trends in MLB. The bat’s creator, Aaron Leanhardt, was hired this offseason by Miami as a hitting coordinator.

The Mets pitching staff ranked fourth in the majors last season with a collective 9.1 strikeouts per nine innings. The Marlins had the 29th-ranked ERA (4.73) in the majors last season. Ahead of the Mets vs. Marlins matchup, here's what you need to get ready for Tuesday's baseball action, including viewing options.

Much has been written about the inexperienced Marlins roster. The same could be said for first-time manager Clayton McCullough and his coaching staff, many of whom are in new roles in their professional careers.

Before joining the Marlins, Leanhardt worked as a Major League analyst for the Yankees. Per a profile by The Athletic, Leanhardt began work on the "torpedo bat" in 2022 as a member of the Yankees' minor-league hitting department. Now the "torpedo bat" is the biggest story in baseball and one of the biggest stories in sports.

It will be the New York Mets vs the Miami Marlins tonight at the LoanDepot Park in Florida at 06:40 p.m. ET. It was a fabulous season for the New York Mets as they ranked 6th in the series for hitting 207 homers in the last season in the year 2024.

Before he helped design the Yankees' viral 'torpedo' bats, Marlins field coordinator Aaron Leanhardt got his Ph.D. from MIT and was a professor at Michigan.

MIT graduate is physicist credited with creation of torpedo bat. Former Yankees analyst now employed by the Marlins as a field coordinator.

Training, the message in the Pirates’ clubhouse was that they were going to have to win in the margins. Do the little things right, find a way to either score or prevent an extra run and win. That did