With hitting arguably harder than ever, teams are looking at data, technology drills and, yes, new bat shapes to get an edge.

An insider recently suggested the newly designed torpedo bat might solve a St. Louis Cardinals fan favorite's hitting struggles in 2025.

The bats have a striking design in which wood is moved lower down the barrel and the end is shaped a little like a bowling ...

A 70-year-old man who plays in an area senior hardball league popped into Victus Sports this week because he needed bats for the new season. Plus he just had to take some cuts with baseball’s ...

Plus he just had to take some cuts with baseball’s latest fad and see for himself if there really was some wizardry in the wallop off a torpedo bat. Ed Costantini, of Newtown Square, picked up ...

If you were making a bowling pin on a lathe and suddenly decided to make a baseball bat instead, the result would look something like the "torpedo bat" that is the talk of MLB's new season.

That’s a very nice way of saying, “Baseball people don’t think a lot about bat design.” It’s also possible no one thought it was legal. Of course. They’re known as “torpedo” bats.