The hype around torpedo bats being the ultimate tool for hitters is premature. The talk around the equipment makes it sound like players are out there using -3 aluminum bats like college hitters. The reality is not even close to that.

The torpedo bat's rise has changed the industry for the companies that make them. Here is one bat-maker's story.

Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you know that the biggest story of the first week of the 2025 MLB season is “torpedo bats,” the oddly shaped lumber that burst onto the scene thanks to the Yankees’ offensive explosion over the weekend and have continued to dominate baseball conversations this week.

Schmidt, Manfred explained that pitchers are "already damaged goods" because of how they're being taught to throw at a young age: "I think pitching injuries may be one of the most difficult problems that we have confronted.

In an interview with The New York Times, Manfred also forecasted fans getting more access to game broadcasts after the 2028 season.

MLB commissioner Rob Manfred is pleased with how the automated ball-strike system experiment went during spring training. Speaking to Michael S. Schmidt of the New York Times, Manfred called the use of ABS this spring "really successful" with the hope it can be implemented in the regular season starting in 2026: "I think the owners made a good choice by going with the challenge system first,