The torpedo bat became the talk of baseball after the New York Yankees hit 15 home runs — including nine on Saturday — over three games against the Milwaukee Brewers. The bats, true to the name, feature a torpedo-like shape and are custom-made, designed to ensure the densest part of the bat is where a hitter makes the most contact.

HOUSTON — San Francisco Giants catcher Sam Huff had heard about the “torpedo bat” long before the game’s newest technological trend swept the baseball world.  The bat that optimizes its barrel by redistributing weight toward the handle sounded like a cool concept,

Nine were reportedly hit with the new bats. Cincinnati Reds' Elly De La Cruz added more fuel to the fire when he picked up a torpedo bat for the first time Monday night in a homestand series against the Texas Rangers.

It's another day and another record for the New York Yankees offense and the torpedo bats some of their players are using this year. New York faced the Arizona Diamondbacks on Tuesday in its fourth game of the season and wasted no time making early noise with solo home runs from Jasson Domínguez in the third inning and Anthony Volpe in the fourth inning.

Developed by a physicist, these bats have their widest part, called the barrel, closer to the player's hands to offer a better chance of hitting the ball on their "sweet spot"

New torpedo bats have become all the rage in Major League Baseball and a Minnesota Twins slugger is trying them out.

"I think it’s an amazing discovery," said Angels outfielder Taylor Ward, one of many players suddenly interested in the new bats.

"The Yankees are bringing a lot of publicity to them with their performance thus far, but they weren’t a secret in the industry prior to this weekend.” An AL executive meanwhile told Feinsand they believe the Yankees tying an MLB record with 15 home runs in their first three games of the 2025 season will help bring more publicity to the bats.

The secret of the Yankees' new bats—everyone's calling them "torpedo bats" and, honestly, why not?—got out during the second inning of Saturday's tilt at Yankee Stadium, when YES Network announcer Michael Kay called attention to the shape of the lumber and its intended effect: At that point,