The early story of the MLB season across big-league clubhouses has been the torpedo bats. Though the bat design isn't necessarily new, the Yankees' season-opening homer barrage was impossible to ignore.

MLB commissioner Rob Manfred says torpedo bats are "absolutely good for baseball," noting that they fall within the rules and demonstrate the sport's "unique place in our culture."

Torpedo bats are all the rage this season, and Major League Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred believes all that chatter is positive for the sport. “They’re absolutely good for baseball,” Manfred said in a Q&A published by The New York Times on Sunday.