MIT physicist Aaron Leanhardt has been credited with creating the torpedo bats. Leanhardt previously served as a hitting ...

Despite being legal, the bat has become controversial among fans, players ... some of the opinions on the bat from voices around the league. Aaron Leanhardt, Inventor of the torpedo bat The ...

Unlike a traditional bat, on torpedo bats the wooden portion starts further down the barrel, moving the "wood toward the sweet spot of the bat, where players try to ...

Most Diamondbacks hitters saw the torpedo bats and dismissed them. They are taking a closer look as the team prepares to face the New York Yankees.

That's the thing: There's as much split opinion in big-league clubhouses ... A common sentiment from players about torpedo bats is that hitting is about the player. If you can’t hit a 97 mph ...

Torpedo bats have landed in the Kansas City Royals clubhouse. On Friday, Royals outfielder Kyle Isbel sported the new lumber ...

Torpedo bats are different from standard bats in that ... if that’s who you are as a player. Maybe those would become barrels instead of misses.” ...

While teams and players are sure to want to get their hands on the torpedo ... it wasn’t the bats that led to the Yankees' record nine home runs. "I don’t have a big opinion.

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.