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.

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.

Todd Pennington, owner of baseball training facility Balls N Strikes, spoke on the bats and noted his thoughts on them potentially making their way to diamonds in the Heartland. “I definitely could see it going into the high school game,” Pennington said. “The bat companies have different fads. They want different bats so they can sell more.”