Tucci is the founder and owner of Tucci bats, one of the preferred wooden bat manufacturers among major league players, so he is accustomed to being on call to hitters who are certain a slight shift will make the difference.

But all the attention is on torpedo bats, the differently shaped bat that has helped power the Yankees' historic offensive start. On the torpedo bats, the barrel is closer to the label and therefore closer to the batters' hands.

Reds' superstar Elly De La Cruz became the latest MLB player to smash a home run with a torpedo bat, but what is it? And are the bats legal?

Could the Kansas City Royals’ new leadoff hitter be the next beneficiary of the famous torpedo bat? On Thursday, Bleacher Report’s Zachary D. Rymer compiled a l

Several baseball bat manufacturers, such as Victus, listed torpedo-style bats for sale on their websites, including the version used by Yankees shortstop Anthony Volpe. The bats appeared on the Victus site around 7 p.m. Monday, according to The Athletic. They start at $199.

The result, which looks something like a torpedo or a bowling pin, is a simple yet remarkable feat of engineering, reflecting not only what is possible when science meets sports in new and different ways,

Torpedo bats are all the rage in Major League Baseball these days, but one bat expert set the record straight on an idea that has been floating around.

While the bats aren’t for everybody — Aaron Judge, for example, is sticking to the bat-shape that has made him a generational hitter — Anthony Volpe, Jazz Chisholm Jr., Cody Bellinger, Paul Goldschmidt and Austin Wells may have started a polarizing new trend amongst hitters.