NEW YORK — The Yankees’ record-setting performance on offense against the Brewers on Saturday featured a new bat design that’s so unusual it looks illegal at first glance. Play-by-play ...

New York Yankees' Anthony Volpe bats with one of the team's newly-made torpedo-shaped bats in a baseball game against the Milwaukee Brewers, Saturday, March 29, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo ...

In a game often rooted in tradition, a new baseball bat is making waves, shaking up the sport with its unique design and unprecedented results. Dubbed the "torpedo bat," this innovative piece of ...

The Yankees’ new torpedo bats might be here to stay. Despite many fans’ worries that the bats may be illegal, they do not violate MLB rules. MLB requires that bats are smooth, round and don ...

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 ...

That attention isn’t toward the players; instead, the new lumber they’re swinging. It’s called a “Torpedo bat.” Around half of the Yankees’ lineup uses the bat shaped like a torpedo; hence the name.

You're going to hear a lot about "torpedo bats" in the coming days and perhaps most of this MLB season if the New York Yankees and other users of this funky new equipment keep launching souvenirs ...

NEW YORK – Right off the bat, the Yankees’ “torpedo’’ bats are legal. “They made sure before they even brought it to us, with MLB, that it was all within regulation,’’ said Cody ...