He specifically pointed out Chisholm’s bat, which appeared to have a big barrel and a skinnier ... and every single ball he seemed like he hit on the label. He didn’t hit any on the barrel ...

Its barrel bulged and ... the so-called “torpedo bats” into the broader baseball awareness and sparked wonder about whether they are the game’s next big innovation. In the Astros ...

And the easiest way to do so, Leanhardt surmised, was to increase the size of the barrel ... a bat is vital for it to go from BP to a big league game, and in a sport where advantages don't stay ...

The ball feedback wasn't as good. But we'll see ... The first time that I saw that bat, I grabbed it. Big barrel. I think if it helps, why not? Why not just try it out and see what happens?" ...

Torpedo bats are all the rage ... is that the mass at the end of the barrel is not productive in the collision with the ball and therefore the mass shouldn't be there. And that this universal ...

Kay's explanation: "The Yankee front office, the analytics department, did a study on Anthony Volpe and every single ball ... big the barrel can be. Most guys are using bats that aren’t even ...

Which makes his current occupation, as chief executive of Quebec-based bat company B45, a little more than ironic. “Now my job is to make sure the bats don’t ... ball closer to the end of the ...

But the torpedo bat isn’t for everyone – some players tend to hit the ball closer to the end of the barrel. So Marucci invites the players to come to the Batting Performance Lab (BPL ...

It’s here, at Maine Billets, that torpedo bats — which have taken Major League Baseball by storm this ... but with how big the barrel is, I really get under it and hit really solid line ...

but big games from the likes of Elly De La Cruz helped keep it there. The thing is, the torpedo design is not the first change to baseball bats. They didn’t just arrive on the scene in the 19th ...