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Torpedo bats are making a lot of noise — but they’ve been quietly in MLB for a few years
Reds star Elly De La Cruz is the latest convert, hitting two home runs and knocking in seven runs in his first game with the ...
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 ...
What's a torpedo bat? The history of the Yankees' controversial new baseball bats
Because the Yankees hit bombs with them. Nine of their MLB record-tying 15 home runs hit in their first three games were used ...
Demand for torpedo bats is booming for batmakers
Baseball bat manufacturers had little evidence to suggest a spike in sales was just around the corner when Major League ...
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What teams are using torpedo bats? Are torpedo bats legal? What to know after Yankees win
Jazz Chisholm Jr. and Anthony Volpe were among the many players using so-called "torpedo" bats when they joined the ...
Demand for ‘torpedo’ baseball bats has sent a Pennsylvania factory into overdrive
The newest innovation in baseball, the bat has a seemingly inflated barrel that is thickest and heaviest where the player ...
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The talk of baseball: Louisville Slugger shows how the torpedo bat came to be
Hillerich & Bradsby — the Louisville-based company that makes the Louisville Slugger bats — worked with players and ...
Torpedo bats have already been ordered by 1 MLB team after Yankees' HR barrage
You knew this was coming as soon as the New York Yankees hit all those home runs over the weekend: the torpedo bat is ...
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 ...