Torpedo bats in MLB are here to stay — and could spark further exploration for a technological edge in baseball and beyond.

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.

A common sentiment from players about torpedo bats is that hitting is about the player. If you can’t hit a 97 mph fastball or nasty slider with a normal bat, a torpedo bat isn’t going to help.

It’s been just two weeks since Opening Day, but it only took one series for a defining subplot of the 2025 season to emerge: torpedo bats. The controversial new equipment immediately stole ...

Plus he just had to take some cuts with baseball's latest fad and see for himself if there really was some wizardry in the wallop off a torpedo bat. Ed Costantini, of Newtown Square, picked up the ...

That extends to the bat he ... s potential impact on mechanics — there isn’t a ton of data yet because not many players have used them in games. But the idea is to make the torpedo bat feel ...

The biggest storyline of the young 2025 MLB season has been the use of torpedo bats. It's not an inflated Wiffle ball bat or a skewed image, rather it's a bat where the barrel is located closer to ...

By Justin Stulpe A forward-thinking modification to the traditional baseball bat has been the topic of discussion in the world of professional baseball to begin the 2025 season. This discourse has ...

The main idea behind torpedo bats is that by shifting mass to where players most often hit the ball, greater impact can be made on contact, thereby increasing slugging. There’s also chatter about ...