The fabled torpedo bats were again on center stage at Monday night’s Home Run Derby, as the Mariners' Cal Raleigh took home ...

Ahead of the MLB All-Star Game, the Atlanta Braves have moved Hank Aaron’s 715th home run ball and the bat used to hit it to ...

The bats are designed to be skinnier at the top end, with noticeably more wood in the area around the label (where the hitter is most likely to hit the ball) to create a custom sweet spot.

While MLB’s ever-evolving Statcast apparatus has published detailed batted-ball data dating back to 2015, bat tracking is a far more recent addition to the space, rolled out about a year ago.

The ball travels farther and faster off an aluminum bat, helping give players a little extra oomph at the plate. The metal bats have been found to have a larger sweet spot than their wooden ...

But after dozens of swings in the cage, where he said the balance was better, the ball sounded more crisp off the bat, the left-handed hitter ordered on the spot four custom-crafted torpedo bats ...

The ‘Torpedo’ bat is all the craze. It’s made Victus Bats in King of Prussia, Pa., the focus of the baseball world.