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

Torpedo bats in MLB are here to stay — and could spark further exploration for a technological edge in baseball and beyond.

So, what is a torpedo bat? A typical wooden baseball bat only gets wider from the handle to the barrel, while a torpedo bat gets wider toward the center of the barrel then tapers. The end shape ...

Four teams contacted Louisville Slugger about the model, but when the so-called torpedo bat was introduced around big-league ...

About one week into the MLB season and all anyone wants to talk about is the 'Torpedo Bat.' Here's a look at what it is and ...

The Louisville RiverBats and Norfolk Tides played the first-ever game at Louisville Slugger Field under clear night skies on ...

After the Yankees broke the franchise record for home runs in a game, all eyes turned to their new "torpedo bats." Louisville ...

the Louisville-based company that makes Louisville Slugger bats and created the torpedo bats used by Yankee players over the ...

Even though flooding has canceled Thunder Over Louisville, there are still plenty of businesses in and near downtown that are ...

The Louisville Bats say they are a major factor in drawing people downtown, with hopes of welcoming more than 400,000 fans to ...

“All I can say,” said Bobby Hillerich, a vice president of manufacturing and operations for Hillerich and Bradsby Co., the maker of Louisville Slugger bats, “is that it’s crazy.” ...