The torpedo bats feature an expanded midsection, which is where hitters are most likely to make contact with the ball.

Hillerich & Bradley — the Louisville-based company that makes the Louisville Slugger bats — worked with players and engineers ...

Baseball bat ... 6's News Headlines newsletter. “All I can say,” said Bobby Hillerich, a vice president of manufacturing and operations for Hillerich and Bradsby Co., the maker of Louisville ...

Hillerich & Bradsby — the Louisville-based company that makes the Louisville Slugger bats — worked with players and engineers for 18 months to design the torpedo bats. While the torpedo bat ...

Bellinger is using a Louisville Slugger model ... The idea behind the torpedo bat is it redistributes weight from the end of the barrel to the area 6 to 7 inches below the tip.

It had been four years since physicists working for MLB teams had begun chatting with Louisville Slugger about how ... the shift can be as much as 6 inches. The bats’ existence might have ...

Hillerich & Bradley — the Louisville-based company that makes the Louisville Slugger bats — worked with players and engineers for 18 months to design the torpedo bats. While the torpedo bat ...