The new bats caused excitement when New York Yankees hitters clobbered home runs with them opening weekend, and that has some Portland players eager to give the torpedo bat some swings.

During spring training, someone in the organization had mentioned to Kay that the team's analytics department had counseled players on where pitches tended to strike their bats, and with subsequent buy-in from some of the players,

King of Prussia-based Victus Sports is at the epicenter of baseball’s new bat craze. Here’s what you need to know about the torpedo and whether it will be here to stay.

Of note is how D-backs pitchers handled the five Yankees who are known to be using the torpedo bat: Anthony Volpe and Paul Goldschmidt, who bat righty, and Jazz Chisholm Jr., Cody Bellinger and Austin Wells, who bat lefty.

There have been two companies that have filed with the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office. Importer Michael Hauptman's Just Happy LLC filed for three trademarks, desiring to put "Torpedo Bat" and or "Torpedo Barrel Bat" on bats and "Torpedo Bat" on clothing and apparel, including apparel, baseball gloves, bat bags and glove bags.

This Cleveland Guardians star is being urged to utilize the torpedo bat to help him hit more home runs this MLB season.

Now back to the torpedo bat. It's designed so that the wider part of the bat IS the sweet spot. Since it’s wider, it's easier to hit the ball. Since that part is the sweet spot, it gives the ball a higher speed. Higher speed means the ball will travel farther. Adios pelota!

Yahoo Sports national MLB insider Russell Dorsey comments on the wide ‘overreaction’ to new bat technology being utilized throughout Major League Baseball.