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After the Yankees clobbered 15 home runs in their opening series, Topps released a NOW card featuring Jazz Chisholm Jr. holding a torpedo bat, the new physicist-designed lumber taking over the MLB de...

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MIT Physicist Explains Creation of New MLB 'Torpedo' Bat Used by Yankees Sluggers
While Aaron Judge rocked three homers using his normal bat, a number of Yankees opted for the Torpedo bat, which was designed in part by former Massachusetts Institute of Technology physicist Aaron Leanhardt and are notable for being densest at the barrel, or the "sweet spot" of the bat.
Torpedo Bats and the Physics of the Sweet Spot
Now back to the torpedo bat. It's designed so that the wider part of the bat IS the sweet spot. Since it’s wider, it's easier to hit the ball. Since that part is the sweet spot, it gives the ball a higher speed. Higher speed means the ball will travel farther. Adios pelota!
The science behind Yankees' torpedo bats explained by its inventor - an MIT physicist
In a game often rooted in tradition, a new baseball bat is making waves, shaking up the sport with its unique design and unprecedented results.
Relive some big home runs by players with torpedo bats
Check out some of the home runs hit this season by players using torpedo bats.
Torpedo bats, axe bats, and knobs: A history of baseball bats
Torpedo bats are just the latest innovation in the design of baseball bats, some of which stuck, and others which ... did not.
Sporticast 437: Torpedo Bat Mania Is About Online Virality, Not Baseball
On the latest Sporticast episode, hosts Scott Soshnick and Eben Novy-Williams discuss some of the biggest sports business stories of the week, including the online hysteria surrounding the ‘torpedo bats‘ in MLB.
Above the Mantel: Damn the (Collectible) Torpedo Bats
Torpedo Bats on cards and Jackson Merrill has 8 different autograph variations in the latest edition of Above the Mantel
Multiple Dodgers Trying Out New Torpedo Bats Taking MLB By Storm
The Los Angeles Dodgers don't need any more advantages by any means, but a new one is on the way that is taking the league by storm. As murmurs of this new tor
Yankees' Jazz Chisholm Jr., Aaron Judge pushing each other to fast starts this season: 'I'm just trying to keep up'
Aaron Judge has benefitted from Jazz Chisholm Jr. batting behind him so far this season and both Yankees sluggers talked about pushing each other to be better in 2025.
Bat Specialist Thinks Torpedo Bats Are Just Start of Bat Science Changes
Torpedo bats are just the beginning when it comes to the changes we'll see coming to bats in Major League Baseball. Keenan Long of LongBall Labs joined MLB Now on Thursday to discuss the new bats and what is next in the search for technology impacting offense in MLB.
Why torpedo bats aren’t the cheat code everyone thinks
Yahoo Sports national MLB insider Russell Dorsey comments on the wide ‘overreaction’ to new bat technology being utilized throughout Major League Baseball.
Shohei Ohtani is seemingly only MLB star with the right mentality towards torpedo bats
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
Brewers Pitcher Takes Harsh Stance On Yankees' 'Torpedo Bats' After Blowout Loss
The New York Yankees debuted a new style of bat this week, dubbed the "torpedo bats," and one Milwaukee Brewers pitcher has taken a harsh stance on the matter.
Fantasy Baseball: The Torpedo takeover has begun, but what's up with these ugly starts to the season?
The Yankees tied the MLB record with 15 home runs in their first three games of the season, thanks in part to some unusual equipment. New York used an MIT physicist during the offseason to help create the “Torpedo” barrel, which brings more wood and mass to where contact is most often made.
PHOTO COLLECTION: Torpedo Bats
A bat with a wider barrel sometimes referred to as a torpedo bat sits next to a normal bat during the first inning of MLB baseball game against the Washington Nationals, in Toronto, Monday, March 31,
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