Can anything defuse Major League Baseball's hottest hitting weapon? The so-called torpedo bats − the MLB-legal, tailor-made bats with weight distribution toward the barrel − have become the ...

What exactly is a torpedo bat? How does it help hitters? And how is it legal? Let's dig in. Read: An MIT-educated professor, the Yankees and the bat that could be changing baseball The idea of the ...

The funky looking twigs paid dividends immediately, which left viewers asking the same question: Are the Yankees' new torpedo bats legal? "Torpedo" bats are untraditional barrel bats that rest ...

When questioned about the new bats, MLB has stated that they do conform to all rules and are legal. Interestingly enough, torpedo bats aren't entirely new this season. The Yankees' research led to ...

NEW YORK – Right off the bat, the Yankees’ “torpedo’’ bats are legal. “They made sure before they even brought it to us, with MLB, that it was all within regulation,’’ said Cody ...

The Yankees’ new torpedo bats might be here to stay. Despite many fans’ worries that the bats may be illegal, they do not violate MLB rules. MLB requires that bats are smooth, round and don ...

Reds' superstar Elly De La Cruz became the latest MLB player to smash a home run with a torpedo bat, but what is it? And are the bats legal?

What exactly is a torpedo bat? How does it help hitters? And how is it legal? Let's dig in. The idea of the torpedo bat is to take a size format -- say, 34 inches and 32 ounces -- and distribute ...