Aaron Leanhardt, the former Michigan physics professor who got his PhD at MIT and was part of the Yankees organization for six-and-a-half years, had a simple question he was trying to answer when ...

But the development of the uniquely shaped piece of lumber — it looks more like a bowling pin than a traditional bat, with a thicker middle and tapered end — wasn't the result of a life spent around ...

The reaction across MLB to the design of the New York Yankees' new 'torpedo' bats after the Bronx Bombers belted 13 home runs in two games was swift.

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

Aaron Leanhardt said in a phone interview Sunday morning. “Where are you trying to make contact?” Leanhardt, 48, began his work when he was a member of the Yankees’ minor-league hitting ...

Aaron Leanhardt helped develop the first such bats with the Yankees, for whom he worked as a minor-league hitting coach and analyst.

Miami Marlins field coordinator Aaron Leanhardt is the architect behind the New York Yankees' famous "torpedo" bats that caused a media frenzy.

The baseball world has gotten wrapped up in the New York Yankees' so-called "torpedo" bats over the first few days of the 2025 regular season, even though the architect no longer calls the Bronx home.

Former Yankees analyst Aaron Leanhardt, who introduced the torpedo bats to the club, said a hitter’s bat speed could potentially increase depending on how the bat is redesigned; Volpe’s bat ...

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

The "torpedo" bat used by several players on the New York Yankees was created by Aaron Leanhardt, an MIT physicist who now coaches for the Miami Marlins. Leanhardt developed the torpedo bat from ...

A torpedo bat resembles something of an elongated bowling pin. Aaron Leanhardt, a former MIT physicist who worked as the Yankees' lead analyst in 2024, is credited with inventing the torpedo-style ...