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You know the deal by now: The New York Yankees hit a bajillion home runs on opening weekend, with several of the sluggers involved swinging “torpedo” bats that are crafted more like bowling pins than the traditionally-shaped sticks we’ve seen for decades. As a result, the baseball industry and an astonishingly wide audience beyond it have taken an immense interest in the origins of this bat innovation and how it might impact the game moving forward.
In the days since New York’s dinger barrage, we’ve gained some clarity on the development of these new bats over the past few years and how multiple other teams had been experimenting with them behind the scenes but had yet to get buy-in from players the way the Yankees did to open 2025.