Hitting coach Kevin Long says the team will try to get “a better understanding of the whole science” behind the bat craze that is sweeping baseball.

The introduction of the "torpedo bat" has dominated the discussion of MLB's opening week, and it's not hard to see why. After a century and a half of baseball's existence, a New York Yankees in-house physicist had the idea to thicken the barrel of the bat where it most often hits the ball and the result has been,

A Philadelphia Phillies pitcher had a hot take on the increased usage of torpedo bats across the league and how pitchers should have more freedom.