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The torpedo bat has been taking MLB by storm to open the 2025 season. Let's hear from the inventor and break down the new phenomenon.
Without further ado… Any insight on when we may see the next wave of position ... Will the Marlins implement torpedo bats? -- ...
In the late 1990s, an Ottawa man changed bat technology with the creation of maple bats. Soon, almost every major leaguer ...
CINCINNATI — About one week into the MLB season and all anyone wants to talk about is the “Torpedo Bat." The Reds beat the Texas Rangers 14-3 at home during their second homestand of the ...
Plus he just had to take some cuts with baseball’s latest fad and see for himself if there really was some wizardry in the wallop off a torpedo bat. Ed Costantini, of Newtown Square, picked up ...
Max Muncy's relationship with the ballyhooed torpedo bat may have been a fleeting one. The Los Angeles Dodgers third baseman used the oddly shaped baseball innovation for his first three plate ...
While baseball is a game on the cutting edge of data analysis, rarely has it resulted in notable changes to equipment — at least nothing like the so-called “torpedo bat.” The oddly shaped ...
Let's take a look at some of the opinions on the bat from voices around the league. Aaron Leanhardt, Inventor of the torpedo bat The inventor of the bat, Aaron Leanhardt, likely sounded crazy with ...
Story continues after photo gallery. Unlike a traditional swatter, a torpedo bat has more wood at the barrel, closer toward the label. This creates a larger area at the spot where players make ...
MIAMI — 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 ...