While baseball can sometimes be on the sporting back burner, torpedo bats have captured everyone's attention. What's going on.
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The torpedo bat has taken the baseball world by storm. What are the players and experts saying about this new piece of hitting technology?
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?
Torpedo bats are all the rage around Major League Baseball this week, but are they here to stay? The Yankees’ power display over the weekend \-\- New York hit 15 home runs in a three-game home sweep o
New York Yankees have hit a record-leveling 15 home runs in their first three games of the MLB season against Milwaukee Brewers, including a team record nine in their 20-9 win on Saturday, and the revolutionary torpedo bats are being seen as the reason for the sudden explosiveness.
While other types of modified bats, such as corked bats, are strictly forbidden in the major leagues, MLB has already confirmed that torpedo bats are legal and allowed; the league itself has even released news articles highlighting them. This could pave the way for a new era of baseball, one in which home-run hitters take precedence.
Players expected to use a Torpedo Bat tonight: Elly De La Cruz (CIN) Jose Trevino (CIN) Dansby Swanson (CHC) Nico Hoerner (CHC) Ryan Jeffers (MIN) Francisco Lindor (NYM) Anthony Volpe (NYY) Austin Wells (NYY) Cody Bellinger (NYY) Jazz Chisholm Jr. (NYY) Paul Goldschmidt (NYY)…
The Yankees all having torpedo bats is giving that time Malfoy’s dad bought the whole Slytherin quidditch team Nimbus 2001s.'