US EditionTorpedo Bats: How they work and how they're made at Victus Sports
- The New York Yankees garnered attention during their opening series against the Milwaukee Brewers, particularly on Saturday, March 31, 2025, for using a new 'torpedo-style' bat designed by Aaron Leanhardt.
- High-Velocity, high-spin pitching characterizes the current baseball era, leading Aaron Leanhardt, the Yankees' MIT-educated minor league hitting coordinator, to seek ways to improve hitters' performance and balance the scales.
- The torpedo bat design shrinks the end of the barrel, packing more weight into the sweet spot to increase exit velocity, and while five Yankees players adopted the design, Aaron Judge stuck with a traditional bat.
- The first question from social media was whether the bats were legal, with concerns raised about wood redistribution, though the bats are said to meet MLB regulations which stipulate bats must be no longer than 42 inches and no more than 2.61 inches in diameter.
- While the Yankees tied a major-league record with 15 home runs in their first three games, including nine on Saturday, using the torpedo bats, some players like Bo Bichette and Vladdy Guerrero Jr. Prefer their usual bats, and some believe it's not a significant advantage, needing a larger sample size to determine its true impact.
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Angels eager to get a look at new ‘torpedo bats’
ST. LOUIS — Baseball players being the competitors that they are, it’s no surprise that the so-called “torpedo bats” that got so much attention this weekend will soon be coming to the Angels. Interviews with a few Angels hitters on Monday left little doubt that orders were being placed for the new bats by curious players. “Absolutely,” catcher Travis d’Arnaud said when he asked if he’d try one. Infielder Nicky López, who briefly experimented wit…
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