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Los Angeles Times |
“Now my job is to make sure the bats don’t break anymore, make sure the ball goes farther,” Gagné said in a phone interview this week.
Bleacher Report |
Jazz Chisholm Jr. offers a glimpse of a good hitter who may be turning into a great hitter. He's added 1.7 mph to what was already solid bat speed, and his exit velocity has shot up from 89.7 to 96.2 ...
Chicago Tribune |
“The swings were hitting the thickness of the torpedo as opposed to the end of the bat.”
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MLB's biggest trend hasn't made its way to L.A. just yet, but the reigning champion Dodgers are intrigued and plan to test the new bats out soon.
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Dodgers Nation on MSNDodgers’ Shohei Ohtani Reveals Thoughts on Torpedo Bat, Whether or Not He’d SwitchLos Angeles Dodgers two-way superstar Shohei Ohtani was asked whether he would consider using the new torpedo bats taking MLB by storm.
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Dodgers Nation on MSNDodgers All-Star Planning on Using New Torpedo Bats That Yankees Made FamousThe Los Angeles Dodgers will soon be partaking in a trend that the New York Yankees used to take over the baseball world last week. The new torpedo style bats have been making their rounds across the league after a 15 home run outburst the Bronx Bombers displayed across a three-game sweep of the Milwaukee
Players expected to use a Torpedo Bat tonight: Elly De La Cruz (CIN) Jose Trevino (CIN) Dansby Swanson (CHC) Nico Hoerner (CHC) Ryan Jeffers (MIN) Francisco Lindor (NYM) Anthony Volpe (NYY) Austin Wells (NYY) Cody Bellinger (NYY) Jazz Chisholm Jr. (NYY) Paul Goldschmidt (NYY)…
The Yankees hit 15 home runs in three games with several players using the uniquely-shaped “torpedo bat,” and some Dodgers have ordered some to try them out.
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.
The New York Yankees took the baseball world by storm when they made it public that they were using a new piece of hitting technology dubbed the torpedo bat. Th
Dodgers first baseman Freddie Freeman aggravated his surgically repaired ankle when he slipped in the shower, keeping him out of the lineup vs. Atlanta.
The reaction across MLB to the design of the New York Yankees' new 'torpedo' bats after the Bronx Bombers belted 13 home runs in two games was swift.