After allowing 15 home runs in three games, the Brewers didn't make excuses: "It's not like some magical wood or anything else."

The baseball world is well aware of the Yankees’ torpedo bats. But that doesn’t mean other teams will be able to replicate them.

For the MIT-educated physicist behind the torpedo bat, it’s more about the talent of the players than their lumber at the plate

YES announcer Michael Kay pointed out during the broadcast that several players had been using a design with a barrel closer to the hands.

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.

"I think it’s an amazing discovery," said Angels outfielder Taylor Ward, one of many players suddenly interested in the new bats.

"The Yankees are bringing a lot of publicity to them with their performance thus far, but they weren’t a secret in the industry prior to this weekend.” An AL executive meanwhile told Feinsand they believe the Yankees tying an MLB record with 15 home runs in their first three games of the 2025 season will help bring more publicity to the bats.

High school baseball players use aluminum bats during the prep season but use wood bats in some youth and high school leagues.