An insider recently suggested the newly designed torpedo bat might solve a St. Louis Cardinals fan favorite's hitting struggles in 2025.

Using a strikingly different model in which wood is moved lower down the barrel after the label and shapes the end a little ...

Before the Yankees' franchise-record nine-homer outburst on Saturday, the Dodgers' hitting coaches had never heard of "torpedo" bats. "I saw them like everybody else did — on social media and TV ...

MIAMI (AP) — For the MIT-educated physicist behind the torpedo bat, it's more about the talent of the players than their lumber at the plate. The torpedo model — a striking design in which wood is ...

The New York Yankees' "torpedo" bats-- their new redesigned lumber that moves more wood into the label area to create more area where hitters make contact -- are all the buzz after their huge 20-9 ...

The bat shall be one piece of solid wood." The Yankees aren't breaking any rules and they apparently even have an MIT physicist on their payroll who created the 'Torpedo' barrel to bring more mass ...

“Every single ball it seemed like he hit on the label, he didn't hit any on the barrel, so they had bats made up where they moved a lot of the wood into the label so that the harder part of the ...

Perhaps the team's newly-designed wooden bats had something to do with it? Yankees play-by-play broadcaster Michael Kay detailed during the game how New York redesigned its wooden bats thanks to a ...

Johnson said the uptick in homers has led some SEC coaches to believe the college game should transition to using wooden bats. Johnson is not among them. He argues home runs and high scores have ...

“He didn’t hit any on the barrel, so they had bats made up where they moved a lot of the wood into the label, so the harder part of the bat is going to actually strike the ball. It’ll allow ...

Dominick Williams dowilliams@kcstar.com Painters paint lacquer on wood bar tops at Kauffman Stadium ... @kcstar.com Grounds crew workers lay out a stencil for the MLB Opening Day logo to be ...