Torpedo bats, the rise of the splitter and more new ideas on display to open 2025 MLB season

Less than a week old, the MLB season is already flashing some shiny new toys

CBS Sports - 1d

MLB Team Power Rankings: Yankees torpedo Brewers with historic power outburst, Dodgers start season 5-0

The Yankees' new "torpedo" bats are the talk of the league coming out of the first weekend of the 2025 MLB season.

Yahoo Sports - 3d

Ball-blasting 'Torpedo bats' making waves across MLB opening weekend

New "torpedo" baseball bats are making waves across America's national pastime, triggering an explosion of home runs in the first full week of the Major League Baseball season."It's all within ...

Yahoo Sports - 2d

Batting Around: Should torpedo bats be banned? How MLB should handle the hottest new trend

The bats have been the talk of the young 2025 season already

CBS Sports - 20h

MLB's torpedo bats aren't new — and they aren't magic

The jury is still out on the real long-term effects of the 'torpedo,' a relatively new bat style that is shaking up MLB.

NBC News - 1d

'I think they'll be banned': What's the future of MLB's torpedo bats? Insiders weigh in on baseball's new fad

The torpedo bats were the talk of Opening Weekend, aided by the Yankees' home run barrage against the Brewers

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These Yankees' bats are a MLB baseball hit. Who makes the new torpedo bat? Can you buy one?

Torpedo bats are the explosive new lumber everyone's buzzing about. Why are they such a hit?

Yahoo Sports - 1d

'Revolutionary' or just 'clever innovation'? MLB debates torpedo bat impact

"Torpedo" talk filled baseball airwaves Monday with managers, players and physicists wanting to know more about the long-ball-launching rods that were all the buzz of opening week.

NBC News - 3d

MLB Opening Weekend takeaways: Torpedo bats, undefeated Dodgers and Yankees doing just fine without Juan Soto

We're just a few games into the 2025 regular season but it's never too early to take stock

CBS Sports - 3d

Are torpedo bats legal? Here's how they work and facts to know

A new baseball bat is all the rage right now. It's time to get up to speed on the MLB season's newest craze.

ESPN - 7h

Yankees’ Giancarlo Stanton declines to blame torpedo bats for elbow injuries, gives rehab update

NEW YORK — Giancarlo Stanton embraced the torpedo bats long before they became the talk of MLB. The Yankees slugger used the bowling-pin-shaped bats last season, including during a torrid playoff ...

Yahoo Sports - 2d

Fantasy Baseball: Torpedo bats this, torpedo bats that — the Pirates are more interested in stealing

Fantasy baseball analyst Scott Pianowski looks at the running ways of the Pirates in the early goings of the 2025 season.

Yahoo Sports - 1d

Who's using the torpedo bats in MLB? A running list that's not just Yankees.

The Yankees aren't the only team using torpedo bats in 2025. Here's a running list.

Yahoo Sports - 3d

Yankees and their ‘torpedo’ bats break MLB home run record in loss

Despite losing their first game of the MLB season, the New York Yankees continued their historic start to the year as they broke multiple records through their prolific home run hitting.

Yahoo Sports - 1d

The Yankees' torpedo bats, explained: Everything to know about them

The New York Yankees' torpedo bats are the explosive new lumber everyone's buzzing about in MLB.

Yahoo Sports - 3d

2025 MLB betting, lines, odds: How sportsbooks are adjusting to the 'torpedo bat' phenomenon

DraftKings Sportsbook is now listing players using torpedo bats in a separate category.

Yahoo Sports - 2d

Will torpedo bats change the game?

Tristan H. Cockcroft discusses the hottest MLB topic so far in 2025.

ESPN - 21h

Former Vols by the numbers in 2025 MLB opening week

A look at how four former Vols performed during opening week of the 2025 MLB season.

Yahoo Sports - 3d

Opening weekend: Torpedo bats take over Bronx and internet + Sasaki's concerning start | Baseball Bar-B-Cast

Jordan Shusterman and Jake Mintz recap all the action from Opening Weekend in MLB including the two diving into the "torpedo bats" that helped the Yankees mash homers over the weekend and spark ...

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Which MLB players are using torpedo bats? Yankees lead the way, but other stars have embraced unique bat shape

Expect to see torpedo bats in every MLB clubhouse before long.

Yahoo Sports - 3d

Top Yankees prospect says trying torpedo bat in 2025 season is 'obvious' move

Spencer Jones, a first-round pick in 2022, will be using the torpedo bat in the minors this season

CBS Sports - 2d

Yankees’ Aaron Boone says ‘a lot more’ goes into torpedo bats than simply buying one

The baseball world is well aware of the Yankees’ torpedo bats. But that doesn’t mean other teams will be able to replicate them. The bowling-pin-shaped bats became the talk of MLB thanks to the ...

Yahoo Sports - 2d

Yankees' 'torpedo' bats elicit shock and awe around baseball after a 13-home run weekend

The reaction across MLB to the design of the New York Yankees' new 'torpedo' bats after the Bronx Bombers belted 13 home runs in two games was swift.

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Torpedo bats: a destroyer of worlds or baseball’s long-awaited savior?

The quandary over the Yankees’ new technology is solvable, but first MLB must take it on the chin and usher in a temporary ban. In its brief moment of fame, the torpedo bat has made quite the ...

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