LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WKRC) - A new trend is sweeping Major League Baseball as players embrace the innovative torpedo bats produced by Louisville Slugger. These bats, which resemble torpedoes, have ...

The bigger barrel bat was in high demand following the New York Yankees’ opening series home run barrage. “It’s been very busy,” said Brian Hillerich at Louisville Slugger.

Four teams contacted Louisville Slugger about the model, but when the so-called torpedo bat was introduced around big-league clubhouses last season, adoption was hardly widespread.

Four teams contacted Louisville Slugger about the model, but when the so-called torpedo bat was introduced around big-league clubhouses last season, adoption was hardly widespread.

Here's what we know. A stack of torpedo bats after they came out of a baseball bat lathe at the Louisville Slugger Museum & Factory.

The talk of baseball: Louisville Slugger shows how the torpedo bat came to be Who invented the torpedo bat? Aaron Leanhardt, a former MIT physicist who worked as the Yankees' lead analyst in 2024, is ...

Four teams contacted Louisville Slugger about the model, but when the so-called torpedo bat was introduced around big-league clubhouses last season, adoption was hardly widespread.

Four teams contacted Louisville Slugger about the model, but when the so-called torpedo bat was introduced around big-league clubhouses last season, adoption was hardly widespread.