On Monday, bat manufacturer Louisville Slugger posted a sneak peek of the pink torpedo bat Cincinnati Reds ' star Elly De La ...

The “bat junkie,” as Pederson was once called by a former manager, is testing out the much-ballyhooed torpedo bat. Trying 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 ...

The Torpedo Bat Debate Erupts in MLB. M ajor League Baseball has found itself at the center of a heated discussion as a new bat design—nicknamed the torpedo bat—grabs headline ...

Marucci Sports gave WWNO’s Louisiana Considered an inside look at how they make torpedo bats, the oddly-shaped bats giving ...

In the midst of one of the worst starts to a season in his career, Joc Pederson has tried just about everything to get ...

"It's not the noodle. It's the chef," said Scott Boras, whose agency had Louisville Slugger send client Elly De La Cruz his torpedo bat(s).

The bats, shaped slightly more like a bowling pin than traditional lumber, have been a source of controversy since the New ...

As other sports have adapted to technology advancement, popular opinion and culture shifts, baseball has been a stalwart in tradition – one of which is the bats hitters use. But in 2025, they ...

Tyler Fitzgerald was the first Giants player to use the trendy torpedo bats, but his first shipment is now shattered.

Need a break? Play the USA TODAY Daily Crossword Puzzle. Louisville Slugger handcrafted De La Cruz's first-ever torpedo bat, which he used for the first time March 31 against the Texas Rangers.

Fabian, a Norfolk Tides outfielder and one of the top prospects in the Baltimore Orioles organization, is one of many players to try the newish but increasingly ubiquitous “torpedo bats.” ...