Jim Levasseur manufactures a torpedo baseball bat at Victus Sports in King of Prussia, Pa., Wednesday, April 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke) Tom Fazzini selects wood to be manufactured into a torpedo baseball bat at Victus Sports in King of Prussia,

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

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 coordinator in the offseason.

"I think it’s an amazing discovery," said Angels outfielder Taylor Ward, one of many players suddenly interested in the new bats.

The torpedo bats used by some New York Yankees players during their offensive onslaught against the Milwaukee Brewers have taken MLB by storm. What are they?

Yahoo Sports national MLB insider Russell Dorsey comments on the wide ‘overreaction’ to new bat technology being utilized throughout Major League Baseball.

Right now, players on 15 different teams are using torpedo bats. As far as we know, the Rockies are not one of them, but they will be. It's only a matter of time.

Hitting coach Kevin Long says the team will try to get “a better understanding of the whole science” behind the bat craze that is sweeping baseball.