Neil DeGrasse Tyson became the latest to weigh in on the "torpedo bat" craze that took off Saturday, when the Yankees used the newly designed bats to set a team record with nine home runs against ...

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More Local News . In the advanced placement physics class at Iona Prep, science instructor Michael Cellini laid out two dozen baseball bats for his 14 students to analyze on Friday morning.

The torpedo bats are safely within MLB rules, which dictate only that bats must be “solid wood, round, shorter than 42 inches, and no wider than 2.61 inches,” according to Baseball Prospectus.

On their opening weekend in March 2025, the New York Yankees hit 15 home runs. And the so-called torpedo bats they used to do ...

Yankees slugger Giancarlo Stanton declined Tuesday to say whether he believes using the torpedo bats last season caused the elbow ailments that have sidelined him this season.

The torpedo bats feature an expanded midsection, ... just to show their sports science team what we are doing," said Hillerich. "Apparently he picked one up, and it's a Cody Bellinger model.

The Mariners' Cal Raleigh homered in three straight games with the new torpedo bat. Purists balk, but all legal avenues for adding offense should be explored. Can torpedo bats bring offense back ...

Speaking of the hitter, Rockies pitcher Kyle Freeland tries to get them out for a living."good curveball" and he says torpedo bats are not. He is trying to make sure that hitters miss his pitches, ...