The torpedo-shaped bat, featuring a thicker sweet spot, or barrel, has been used to much better effect by some hitters than others, just like in Major League Baseball. Kotaro Kiyomiya of the ...

Seattle Mariners catcher Cal Raleigh is having an MVP-caliber season, leading the American League with 19 home runs. Raleigh ...

Fabian, a Norfolk Tides outfielder and one of the top prospects in the Baltimore Orioles organization, is one of many players to try the newish, but increasingly ubiquitous torpedo bats.

Torpedo baseball bats hit it big when the Yankees set a new team record with nine home runs in one game earlier this season. We visit a factory in Louisiana to see what makes them so special.

He does that a lot. The “bat junkie,” as Pederson was once called by a former manager, is testing out the much-ballyhooed torpedo bat. Trying out different bats was something that new Rangers ...