Using a strikingly different model in which wood is moved lower down the barrel after the label and shapes the end a little like a bowling pin, the torpedo bat has become baseball’s latest

Roy Hobbs, the fabled swinger of his beloved “Wonderboy,” might disagree. But there really is no such thing as a “magic bat.” When MLB hitters select their sticks, they must make certain compromises.

The torpedo bat has taken the baseball world by storm. What are the players and experts saying about this new piece of hitting technology?

A common danger with reacting to early statistical returns is to exaggerate -- and often to erroneously extrapolate -- a precariously small snippet of baseball results. In the case of these torpedo (or bowling-pin, or whatever you choose to call them) bats, much of the overreaction danger stems from that Yankees outburst on March 29.

The New York Yankees have gotten off to a record-setting start to the campaign.  To begin the year, the Yankees were able to sweep the Milwaukee Brewers.

The New York Yankees made history on Tuesday. After tying the Major League home run record for the most long balls hit through the first three games of a season

The New York Yankees laid on an offensive onslaught against the Milwaukee Brewers to open the 2025 campaign. And after smacking four more home runs on Sunday in their series finale, the team has made some more MLB history as fans continue to debate their controversial new torpedo bats.

For the MIT-educated physicist behind the torpedo bat, it’s more about the talent of the players than their lumber at the plate.