The New York Yankees took the baseball world by storm with the newly designed torpedo bat last year, but Washington State University (WSU) researchers say the revolutionary design ended up being no ...

The Bronx Bombers now have torpedoes in their arsenal. The wood of the bat is shifted from the barrel towards the batter's hands to create a custom sweet spot where contact is most frequently made.

On opening weekend, some New York Yankees stepped to the plate with bats that looked slightly off, thick in an unusual place, tapered in a way baseball fans are not used to seeing. Then came the home ...

PULLMAN, Wash. — The New York Yankees took the baseball world by storm with the newly designed torpedo bat last year, but the revolutionary design has ended up being no better than a standard bat for ...

The New York Yankees took the baseball world by storm with the newly designed torpedo bat last year, but the revolutionary design has ended up being no better than a standard bat for hitting the ball ...

A research team determined that the torpedo bat, left, and traditional bat perform equally well in hitting power with only a slight difference in the location of the bat’s sweet spot (WSU Photo / ...

MLB fans are asking again in May 2026 whether torpedo bats are still around, almost 14 months after the New York Yankees helped turn a legal bat design into one of baseball’s loudest equipment debates ...

In the spring of 2025, baseball fans were treated to a surprise when the New York Yankees began the season with a unique style of bat. Termed "torpedo bats," these new designs tapered slightly toward ...