Developed by a physicist, these bats have their widest part, called the barrel, closer to the player's hands to offer a ...

Mastermind of torpedo batThe mastermind behind the design is Aaron Leanheardt, a former Massachusetts Institute of Technology ...

Each batter using the new product has a custom torpedo bat; where the greater mass of wood is placed depends on an analysis ...

Torpedo bats are just the beginning when it comes to the changes we'll see coming to bats in Major League Baseball. Keenan ...

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 ...

After a stellar Yankees win on Saturday, torpedo bats are in the spotlight. Is there science behind these baseball bats?

Aaron Leanhardt, the former Michigan physics professor who got his PhD at MIT and was part of the Yankees organization for ...

If you were making a bowling pin on a lathe and suddenly decided to make a baseball bat instead, the result would look ...

The torpedo bats are safely within MLB rules, which dictate only that bats must be “solid wood, round, shorter than 42 inches ...

“Torpedo” bats. The Bronx Bombers tied an MLB record ... “I don’t know the science of it … I think I still hit the ball the same, like, exit velocity as I always did.

When videos of Yankees hitters using funky-looking bats went viral last week, Orioles pitchers had some of the same reactions ...