Baseball bat manufacturers had ... affiliated hitters have now tried a torpedo model and said he expects that to increase to 80% by month’s end. “All I can say,” said Bobby Hillerich, a vice president ...

Will there be a significant offensive surge in baseball now that hitters across the league want their hands on the bats? Maybe, but not anytime soon.

Torpedo bats became the unexpected stars of MLB's opening weekend. The torpedo bats differ from traditional wood bats, which gradually get thicker moving away from the handle until plateauing at ...

He built his impressive résumé by swinging a typical bat, with the ... me a couple of those torpedo bats.” One veteran Philadelphia Phillies hitter said a bat manufacturing company named ...

Again, it's unclear when these bats, reportedly described in-house as a "torpedo" barrel, were implemented, as Smith left the Yankees organization last October. Still, he provided a detailed ...

Baseball bat manufacturers ... tried a torpedo model and said he expects that to increase to 80% by month’s end. “All I can say,” said Bobby Hillerich, a vice president of manufacturing ...

Four teams contacted Louisville Slugger about the model, but when the so-called torpedo ... of manufacturing and operations for Hillerich and Bradsby Co., the maker of Louisville Slugger bats ...