MIT physicist Aaron Leanhardt has been credited with creating the torpedo bats. Leanhardt previously served as a hitting analyst with the Yankees before he joined the Miami Marlins as a field coordinator in the offseason.

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

Not everyone in Major League Baseball is enamored with the new torpedo bat craze, as one All-Star recently divulged. Los Angeles Dodgers infielder Max Muncy is among the players who gave the new torpedo bat a try after the New York Yankees’ initial success with it.

Jack Flaherty doesn't match up well against the Yankees, at least in terms of generating whiffs. New York will work his pitch count and suppress his strikeouts total this afternoon. The New York Yankees and Detroit Tigers will conclude a three-game series this afternoon, with the Tigers aiming for a surprising sweep.

Its Wednesday, April 9 and the Yankees (6-5) wrap up their series in Detroit against the Tigers (7-4). Max Fried is slated to take the mound for New York against Jack Flaherty for Detroit New York is looking to salvage the series having lost the first two games.