and in his hands was a torpedo bat designed for Chicago Cubs infielder Nico Hoerner. Hillerich, the vice president of ...

they sent it to Victus to begin manufacturing Volpe's personalized torpedo bat. How does it work? Victus moved the wood from the part of the bat that Volpe doesn't use to the area where he most ...

I’m just playing baseball.” That the Yankees had a historically great game, and that some players were using funny-looking ...

Torpedo bats in MLB are here to stay — and could spark further exploration for a technological edge in baseball and beyond.

But torpedo bats are simply an iteration in ... Since then, after some MLB-led investigations into maple bats, the manufacturing processes evolved and the rate of broken bats has improved.

though he admits that "torpedo sounds kind of cooler." Figuring out the right balance took time. Bowling pin bats take precision to produce. Every fraction of an ounce in bat manufacturing matters.

are swinging a so-called torpedo bat, which uses a manufacturing tweak to shift some of a traditional bat’s mass a few inches in toward the batter. Instead of the bats we’re used to seeing ...

WELL, LOUISVILLE SLUGGERS TORPEDO BAT IS NOT NEW, BUT IT IS DRAWING ATTENTION ... it's going to make a difference," said vice president of manufacturing and product development Bob Hillerich ...

The torpedo bats have been the talk of baseball ... One veteran Philadelphia Phillies hitter said a bat manufacturing company named B45 — chaired by former Dodgers closer Eric Gagne — brought ...

and in his hands was a torpedo bat designed for Chicago Cubs infielder Nico Hoerner. Hillerich, the vice president of Hillerich & Bradley's manufacturing and product development, is a fifth ...