Essentially, the bat is said to provide a bigger “sweet spot." Torpedo bats have been the weapon of choice for many New York Yankees players who, in week one of the season, put up gaudy numbers ...

The sweet spot feels better, sounds better, and more importantly hits the ball better. Now back to the torpedo bat. It's designed so that the wider part of the bat IS the sweet spot.

The Bronx Bombers now have torpedoes in their arsenal. The New York Yankees officially launched the “torpedo bat” era over the weekend — with multiple players using a modified baseball bat ...

Developed by a physicist, these bats have their widest part, called the barrel, closer to the player's hands to offer a better chance of hitting the ball on their "sweet spot" ...

The idea is moving more mass to the "sweet spot" of bats to give batters a better chance of getting a hit and decreasing misses. Former Yankee Kevin Smith explained it on X, formerly Twitter: "It ...

Analysis of Volpe's at-bats revealed most of his hits connected on the label rather than the barrel of his bat, Kay reported. TOP NEWS MLB Draft Rewind For Every Team's Best Pick from 2017 ...

The "torpedo bat" addresses the issue by shifting the maximum diameter of the bat closer to the sweet spot, or the area where the ball makes contact. According to Pritchard, this shift alters the ...

While meant to simulate wood bats, regulation USA Baseball metal bats are more forgiving than wood for young players who might not connect with the ball on a bat's optimal 'sweet spot.' After ...

"To maximize the sweet spot," owner Bradley Smith explained. "I have a retailer out in Colorado. ... The bats are legal in the MLB, as long as the thickest part of it doesn't exceed 2.61 inches.

To address this inefficiency, torpedo bats are made with more wood in the sweet spot and less wood elsewhere—thus, the bulge. The idea was to “put it where you’re trying to hit the ball ...

We break down if torpedo bats are legal in the MLB and what they are. ... It’s built to maximize the hitter’s sweet spot, rather than adjust to squaring up at the textbook sweet spot.

That style of bat has been gaining popularity after the New York Yankees used them to start this season, crushing a record-breaking 18 home runs within their first four games.