As for weight, Babe Ruth famously used bats weighing more than 40 ounces — but the current norm is around 31 or 32 ounces, similar to the 33 ounces wielded by Hank Aaron, according to the ...

Fans have been asking that over the past few days. And the answer is yes, according this nugget from ESPN's Jeff Passan: "The bats abide by Major League Baseball's collectively bargained bat ...

Axe bats. Axe bats aren’t ubiquitous by any means, but part of the reason you won’t see Dodgers’ star Mookie Betts switching to a torpedo bat just yet is due to his familiarity with — and ...

Torpedo bats have been a hit among Major League Baseball players. The MLB-legal, tailor-made bats with weight distribution toward the barrel have become the talk of the town after the New York ...

Torpedo bats are changing Major League Baseball, but with his head in the sand, MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred wants us to know: "Nothing to see here!" ...

Seven Yankees went deep in their 20-9 rout of the Brewers, with several Yankees using "torpedo" bats to go yard. While not all torpedo bats are made by Louisville Slugger, the famous bat brand in ...

The New York Yankees’ 20-9 win against the Milwaukee Brewers last Saturday has put the spotlight on the odd, bowling-pin-shaped “torpedo bat” that many of the team’s players were swinging.

But the bats abide by Major League Baseball's collectively bargained bat specifications for shape (round and smooth), barrel size (no larger than 2.61 inches in diameter) and length (a maximum of ...

Baseball is already seeing a new phenomenon this year -- torpedo bats. The tapered bats that focus weight to the sweet spot, potentially enabling bigger hits are made by King of Prussia-based ...

Baseball season is back, and it didn’t take long for the New York Yankees to start crushing records and dominating conversation. And at the center of it all? “Torpedo” bats.