Mastermind of torpedo batThe mastermind behind the design is Aaron Leanheardt, a former Massachusetts Institute of Technology physicist turned coach for the Miami Marlins. Leanheardt, who introduced ...

Each batter using the new product has a custom torpedo bat; where the greater mass of wood is placed depends on an analysis of where on the bat the batter hits the ball most often.

Developed by a physicist, these bats have their widest part, called the barrel, closer to the player's hands to offer a ...

Torpedo bats are just the beginning when it comes to the changes we'll see coming to bats in Major League Baseball. Keenan ...

After a stellar Yankees win on Saturday, torpedo bats are in the spotlight. Is there science behind these baseball bats?

Aaron Leanhardt, the former Michigan physics professor who got his PhD at MIT and was part of the Yankees organization for six-and-a-half years, had a simple question he was trying to answer when ...

We are three weeks into the Major League Baseball season and one of the main story lines of the nascent season is the bats.

After the Yankees' home run barrage with bats that look like bowling pins, the innovation is sweeping baseball.

I’m just playing baseball.” That the Yankees had a historically great game, and that some players were using funny-looking ...

Baseball season is back, and it didn’t take long for the New York Yankees to start crushing records and dominating ...

By now, you’ve probably heard about baseball’s greatest innovation since the curveball: MLB’s new “torpedo” bat, the ...