The torpedo bats feature an expanded midsection, which is where hitters are most likely to make contact with the ball.

Nippon Professional Baseball on Friday notified its 12 clubs that players can use so-called torpedo bats in regular-season games. NPB's rules committee made the decision, effective the same day, after ...

The “torpedo bat” may be more than a quirky new piece of gear. It might be the gateway to a new era in baseball.

“It’s been very busy,” said Brian Hillerich at Louisville Slugger. “Lots of players calling up wanting the torpedo bats.” Those players include Cincinnati Reds star, Elly De La Cruz. The first night ...

The Reds return to Cincinnati and are off Thursday. They begin a three-game series against the Pittsburgh Pirates on Friday.

"It's not the noodle. It's the chef," said Scott Boras, whose agency had Louisville Slugger send client Elly De La Cruz his ...

"It's not the noodle. It's the chef," said Scott Boras, whose agency had Louisville Slugger send client Elly De La Cruz his torpedo bat(s).

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 ...

The new torpedo bats have taken Major League Baseball by storm, and some Colorado Rockies players are planning to try them ...

"They're absolutely good for baseball," he said to the New York Times ' Michael S. Schmidt. "I believe that issues like the ...

Using a strikingly different model in which wood is moved lower down the barrel after the label and shapes the end a little like a bowling pin, the bat has become baseball's latest fad.

ESPN recently spoke to Bobby Hillerich, vice president of production at Hillerich & Bradsby which makes Louisville Slugger ...