The Yankees made history with nine home runs, using new "torpedo" bats. MLB approves, sparking intrigue and debate.

"The Yankees are bringing a lot of publicity to them with their performance thus far, but they weren’t a secret in the industry prior to this weekend.” An AL executive meanwhile told Feinsand they believe the Yankees tying an MLB record with 15 home runs in their first three games of the 2025 season will help bring more publicity to the bats.

After the first weekend of Major League Baseball, all the talk is about the “torpedo bats” the New York Yankees introduced — and you can count San Francisco Giants broadcaster Mike Krukow as a big fan of them.

Check out some of the home runs hit this season by players using torpedo bats.

On the latest Sporticast episode, hosts Scott Soshnick and Eben Novy-Williams discuss some of the biggest sports business stories of the week, including the online hysteria surrounding the ‘torpedo bats‘ in MLB.

The New York Yankees have set the 2025 MLB season on fire with a historic offensive surge, thanks in part to the controversial new “torpedo bat” design. As the season progresses, questions look about how these bats will hold up in varying weather conditions.

Torpedo Bats on cards and Jackson Merrill has 8 different autograph variations in the latest edition of Above the Mantel

New torpedo bats have become all the rage in Major League Baseball and a Minnesota Twins slugger is trying them out.

Baseball season is back, and it didn’t take long for the New York Yankees to start crushing records and dominating conversation. And at the center of it all? “Torpedo” bats.