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 torpedo bat has become baseball’s latest

Torpedo bats have recently become popular thanks to the Yankees, but Victus Sports in Pennsylvania said they've been working on them for a while.

New York Yankees slugger Paul Goldschmidt uses a torpedo bat against the Milwaukee Brewers on March 29, 2025. | Credit: Mike Stobe/ The New York Yankees smashed 15 home runs in their first three games of the 2025 Major League Baseball season last week,

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Among the Yankees hitters who are using it, Anthony Volpe is a model for poor hitters who might see the torpedo bat as hope of becoming a good hitter. He's gained nearly 2 mph in average bat speed and 0.8 mph in average exit velocity.

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