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Sports Illustrated on MSN · 2h

Every Single MLB Team Ordered Torpedo Bats Within Days of Yankees' Home Run Outburst

ESPN recently spoke to Bobby Hillerich, vice president of production at Hillerich & Bradsby which makes Louisville Slugger bats, about the surge of torpedo bats this season. He admitted that all 30 MLB teams had requested the bats by the middle of this week, after the Yankees' nine home run game last Saturday against the Milwaukee Brewers.

Yahoo Sports on MSN · 2d

Which MLB players are using the new 'torpedo' bats? Yankees lead the way, but other stars have embraced unique bat shape

MIT physicist Aaron Leanhardt has been credited with creating the torpedo bats. Leanhardt previously served as a hitting analyst with the Yankees before he joined the Miami Marlins as a field coordinator in the offseason.

Pirates players weigh in on torpedo bats amid series with Yankees

The Yankees were at PNC Park for the Pirates home opener on Friday, and they brought their torpedo bats with them.

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ESPN on MSN · 12h

Inside the 48 hours when torpedo bats took over MLB

During spring training, someone in the organization had mentioned to Kay that the team's analytics department had counseled players on where pitches tended to strike their bats, and with subsequent buy-in from some of the players,

Bleacher Report · 18h

The Pitching Blueprint to Defusing MLB's Game-changing Torpedo Bat

Of note is how D-backs pitchers handled the five Yankees who are known to be using the torpedo bat: Anthony Volpe and Paul Goldschmidt, who bat righty, and Jazz Chisholm Jr., Cody Bellinger and Austin Wells, who bat lefty.

NBC News on MSN · 20h

Demand for torpedo bats is booming for batmakers

Baseball bat manufacturers had little evidence to suggest a spike in sales was just around the corner when Major League Baseball’s newest season opened last week.

10hon MSN

Demand for viral ‘torpedo’ baseball bats has sent a Pennsylvania factory into overdrive

Major League Baseball is buzzing over torpedo bats. Here's an inside look at the demand for the bats, and how one factory is ...

4hon MSN

Torpedo bat sighting in Arlington: Joc Pederson becomes first Ranger to deploy new bat

ARLINGTON - Joc Pederson became the first Ranger to deploy a torpedo bat. Result: Initial failure to launch. Pederson, a self ...

12h

Torpedo bats are the buzz in baseball. Sea Dogs players eager to try them out

The new bats caused excitement when New York Yankees hitters clobbered home runs with them opening weekend, and that has some ...

10h

FanDuel, DraftKings offering ‘torpedo bat’ special as MLB movement grows

After a number of hitters adopted the new bowling-pin-looking bats during MLB opening week, FanDuel and DraftKings ...

13h

Two companies file to trademark 'Torpedo Bat' name

There have been two companies that have filed with the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office. Importer Michael Hauptman's Just Happy ...

17h

A Maine business helped create the new 'torpedo bats' taking the MLB by storm

Torpedo bats are thinner at the top with more wood closer to the batter’s hands. The Yankees debuted these new bats in their ...

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