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‘Torpedo’ bats ‘absolutely good for baseball,’ says MLB commissioner Robert Manfred

Never one to shy away from a controversial topic, MLB commissioner Rob Manfred lauded “torpedo” bats as the future of America’s pastime, calling them “absolutely good for baseball” in a wide-ranging interview with the New York Times.

The New York Times · 1d

Torpedo bats are making a lot of noise — but they’ve been quietly in MLB for a few years

Reds star Elly De La Cruz is the latest convert, hitting two home runs and knocking in seven runs in his first game with the unique bat.

Yahoo Sports on MSN · 14h

MLB commissioner Rob Manfred weighs in on torpedo bats: 'They’re absolutely good for baseball'

One individual voice who had not weighed in on the situation, however, was MLB commissioner Rob Manfred. He remedied that Sunday, throwing his full support behind torpedo bats. Manfred went so far as to call them " absolutely good for baseball ," according to the New York Times.

Chicago Tribune · 1d

MLB’s Rob Manfred says torpedo bats are ‘good for baseball’ and he hopes to see robot umps in MLB by 2026

Torpedo bats are all the rage this season, and Major League Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred says he believes all that chatter is good for the game.

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5 Innovations NFL Should Consider on the Heels of MLB's Torpedo Bats

The talk of the early portion of the 2025 MLB season has been the “torpedo” bats used primarily by the New York Yankees. In a nutshell, the fattest part of the bat has been moved farther down for some players in an effort to prevent hitters from being jammed.

The New York Times · 1d

MLB commissioner Rob Manfred talks torpedo bats, robot umpires in overview of league’s future

In an interview with The New York Times, Manfred also forecasted fans getting more access to game broadcasts after the 2028 season.

3don MSN

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

MIT physicist Aaron Leanhardt has been credited with creating the torpedo bats. Leanhardt previously served as a hitting analyst with the Yankees before he joined the Miami Marlins as a field coordinator in the offseason.

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What's a torpedo bat? The history of the Yankees' controversial new baseball bats

Because the Yankees hit bombs with them. Nine of their MLB record-tying 15 home runs hit in their first three games were used by five players using torpedo bats, including six of a franchise-record nine homers in Saturday's 20-9 rout over the Milwaukee ...

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Every Single MLB Team Ordered Torpedo Bats Within Days of Yankees' Home Run Outburst

ESPN recently spoke to Bobby Hillerich, vice president of production at Hillerich & Bradsby which makes Louisville Slugger bats, about the surge of torpedo bats this season. He admitted that all 30 MLB teams had requested the bats by the middle of this week, after the Yankees' nine home run game last Saturday against the Milwaukee Brewers.

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Ottavino Talks Torpedo Bats, Says 'It's Cool to Hate' Yankees and Look for 'Boogeyman'

And yet, fans were none the wiser until play-by-play announcer Michael Kay highlighted the "torpedo" bat during a Bronx Bombers broadcast. That's when the innovation exploded on social media and started to dominate every MLB-related conversation.