Tucci is the founder and owner of Tucci bats, one of the preferred wooden bat manufacturers among major league players, so he is used to being on call to hitters who are certain a slight shift will make the difference.

Among the Yankees hitters who are using it, Anthony Volpe is a model for poor hitters who might see the torpedo bat as hope of becoming a good hitter. He's gained nearly 2 mph in average bat speed and 0.8 mph in average exit velocity.

Check out some of the home runs hit this season by players using torpedo bats.

It's another day and another record for the New York Yankees offense and the torpedo bats some of their players are using this year. New York faced the Arizona Diamondbacks on Tuesday in its fourth game of the season and wasted no time making early noise with solo home runs from Jasson Domínguez in the third inning and Anthony Volpe in the fourth inning.

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.

MLB's torpedo bat has taken the league by storm this season. Which teams and players have used it? Here's a tracker.

The Yankees keep on slugging as the NFL tables a vote on the Eagles’ unstoppable play. Keep it all.

Despite losing their first game of the MLB season, the New York Yankees continued their historic start to the year as they broke multiple records through their prolific home run hitting.

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