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

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 ...

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 ...

That's the thing: There's as much split opinion in big-league clubhouses ... Jake explains the origins of the torpedo bats and how players on the Yankees embraced them heading into the season.

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.

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

The torpedoes were used by several players who hit homers. The league says the bats are perfectly legal but the public, as you might expect, has mixed opinions about the torpedo, especially the ...

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.