The Bronx Bombers now have torpedoes in their arsenal. The wood of the bat is shifted from the barrel towards the batter's hands to create a custom sweet spot where contact is most frequently made.

Step into the world of maple wood baseball bat creation, where skilled artisans transform raw wood into a finely crafted masterpiece. The journey begins with selecting the finest maple wood ...

The "torpedo" bat used by several players on the New York Yankees was created by Aaron Leanhardt, an MIT physicist who now coaches for the Miami Marlins. Leanhardt developed the torpedo bat from ...

BURNSVILLE, Minn. — After nearly 150 years of professional baseball, the traditional wood baseball bat is getting a makeover, and the early returns have been eye-popping. A handful of New York ...

EARLY IN THE 2023 season, Aaron Leanhardt started asking New York Yankees hitters what they needed to perform better. He was a minor league hitting coordinator for the team, and with league-wide ...

MIAMI — For the MIT-educated physicist behind the torpedo bat, it's more about the talent of the players than their lumber at the plate. The torpedo model — a striking design in which wood is ...