But that could change soon.] The torpedo bats became the hottest topic in Major League Baseball after the Yankees hit a franchise-record nine home runs in their 20-9 win over the Brewers on Saturday.

"It likely helps with bat control and bat speed," said Ryan Cousins, owner of Baseball 365, which sells a wide variety ... the other major league players who have used a torpedo bat to start ...

490 batting average league-wide; balls hit below that threshold ... it will be hard not to look at their adoption of torpedo bats and wonder how many other players might benefit from making ...

He was a minor league hitting coordinator for the team, and with league-wide batting ... forsook ash bats for maple. The creation of the bowling pin bat (also known as the torpedo bat) optimizes ...

Four teams contacted Louisville Slugger about the model, but when the so-called torpedo bat was introduced around big-league clubhouses last season, adoption was hardly widespread. On the eve of ...

Could MLB change its mind about the legality of torpedo bats? So far Commissioner Rob Manfred is on board. “Only if we start seeing an explosion of home runs league-wide,” says Nathan.

It goes on to state there may be a cupped indentation up to 1 1/4 inches in depth, 2 inches wide ... in major league history. Cincinnati Reds shortstop Elly De La Cruz used a torpedo bat for ...