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The Mariners' Cal Raleigh homered in three straight games with the new torpedo bat. Purists balk, but all legal avenues for adding offense should be explored.
Torpedo bats are now all the rage across the league, but opinions on the bats are split. Some players are ready to experiment with the torpedo bats. Others are quick to call them a scourge.
"To make it into a wood bat and maximize the ideal hitting area, they had to come up with this torpedo shape and reduce the ...
WEST SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Chicago Cubs shortstop Dansby Swanson is known for his routine and sticking with what works for him. That extends to the bat he uses. Well, at least it did. Swanson has ...
But after dozens of swings in the cage, where he said the balance was better, the ball sounded more crisp off the bat, the left-handed hitter ordered on the spot four custom-crafted torpedo bats ...
Today’s guest columnists are professors John Cairney and Rick Burton. Torpedo bats are having their moment. With their dramatically tapered barrels and enlarged sweet spots, these odd-looking clubs ...
Reds hitting coach Chris Valaika has made torpedo bats and related resources available to Reds players since spring training. There's plenty of split opinion on the bats throughout baseball ...
Eno Sarris and Derek VanRiper, along with Trevor May and Britt Ghiroli, discuss advanced stats, strategy, prospects and more. From the first move of the Hot Stove season to the final pitch of the ...
I didn't want to be associated with that kind of thing. 'But when you weigh up the pros and cons, and after doing it for a full year, I know I made the right decision. 'In the first year I made in ...
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.