Elly De La Cruz became the latest MLB star to put the torpedo bat to good use, swatting two home runs and collecting seven RBIs in a lopsided Cincinnati Reds win over the Texas Rangers.

Cincinnati shortstop Elly De La Cruz blasted a pair of 400-foot homers and drove in seven runs while using the trendy torpedo bat for the first time.

The “Torpedo” bat’s barrel rests in a non-traditional location, closer to the hitter’s hands, with a skinnier top at the end," MLB.com's Thomas Harrigan wrote. "The innovation is attributed to Aaron Leanhardt, a former Yankees analyst who was hired as the Marlins’ field coordinator this past winter."

First thing in the morning, Josh Smith called his best man, Antoine Duplantis. And it wasn’t to relive wedding memories. Duplantis’ day job is as a sales rep for Marucci Sports, the company that makes Smith’s bats. Smith wanted as many details as he could get on what a torpedo bat could do for him.

Following the New York Yankees’ ‘remarkable’ success with the torpedo bats, Joc Pederson and other Texas Rangers players are now eager to give them a shot this season.

The New York Yankees have hit 15 HRs in 3 games with their new torpedo bats. Colin Cowherd discusses their impact and if these bats are good for the game of baseball.

Aaron Leanhardt was the Yankees' lead analyst in 2024 before joining the Marlins' coaching staff this offseason.

The Yankees hit 15 home runs in three games with several players using the uniquely-shaped “torpedo bat,” and some Dodgers have ordered some to try them out.

Yankees outscored the Brewers 36-14 to open the season. There's plenty of enthusiasm and many questions still to be answered.

Baseball season is back, and it didn’t take long for the New York Yankees to start crushing records and dominating conversation. And at the center of it all? “Torpedo” bats.

MLB announces big Padres news during Opening Weekend. Who's stopping the Padres? It didn’t take long for Elly De La Cruz to find his way with the much-talked-about “torpedo” bat. The New York Yankees have intriguing new bats.

New torpedo bats drew attention when the New York Yankees hit a team-record nine homers that traveled a combined 3,695 feet on Saturday.

Jacob deGrom resembled the NL Cy Young Award winner of 2018 and ’19 with the New York Mets, allowing only two hits in five shutout innings to get a no-decision in the Texas Rangers’ 3-2 win over the B

He struck out six batters in the Rangers' win. DeGrom looked sharp in his season debut; he generated 16 whiffs, including 10 with his slider, and coughed up just one extra-base hit. His fastball averaged 96.

Signing a five-year, $185 million contract with Texas following the 2022 season, deGrom made just six starts in 2023 and just three last season before undergoing Tommy John surgery. One of baseball's best pitchers when healthy,

Boston Red Sox designated hitter Rafael Devers became the first major leaguer to strike out 12 times in a season’s first four games

Devers has missed on a staggering 30 of 46 swings according to data from Baseball Savant, and is yet to put a four-seam fastball into play.

Wyatt Langford and Adolis García hit solo home runs in the sixth inning to put the Texas Rangers over the Boston Red Sox 3-2.