Yankees players are opening up on their new bat shape, and why they're embracing the change for the 2025 MLB season. Is it the bat or the confidence that a bat that looks like a torpedo gives?

The torpedo bat design is the brainchild of Aaron Leanhardt, an MIT physicist who was a professor at the University of Michigan from 2007 to 2014 before joining the Yankees in 2018.

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 ...

NEW YORK — The Yankees’ record-setting performance on offense against the Brewers on Saturday featured a new bat design that’s so unusual it looks illegal at first glance. Play-by-play ...

Yes, the new torpedo bats are legal and meet the regulation standards according to rule 3.02 (a) stating that "the bat shall be a smooth, round stick not more than 2.61 inches in diameter at the ...

The New York Yankees are already the talk of the 2025 MLB season. ... A torpedo bat features a thicker sweet spot — or barrel — before thinning out near the top of the bat.

NEW YORK – Right off the bat, the Yankees’ “torpedo’’ bats are legal. “They made sure before they even brought it to us, with MLB, that it was all within regulation,’’ said Cody ...

New York Yankees' Jazz Chisholm Jr. prepares to bat during the first inning of a baseball game against the Milwaukee Brewers, Sunday, March 30, 2025, in New York. Pamela Smith / AP ...

The New York Yankees have stirred up controversy to start the 2025 MLB season, even though what they're doing is perfectly legal. You can see it in the video: the area below the barrel is fatter ...

The New York Yankees officially launched the "t o rpedo bat" era over the weekend ... a more accurate comp for the bat’s new shape. "Torpedo sounds kind of cooler," Leanhardt told ESPN.

The New York Yankees officially launched the "t o rpedo bat" era over the weekend ... a more accurate comp for the bat’s new shape. "Torpedo sounds kind of cooler," Leanhardt told ESPN.