Jos Buttler missed the scoop. There is inherent risk in this shot. Its success depends on taking the number one rule of bating and throwing it out the window, because to pull it off, you need to give ...

With hitting arguably harder than ever, teams are looking at data, technology drills and, yes, new bat shapes to get an edge.

James Wood has all the traits of a prototypical power hitter. He’s big (6-foot-7!), he’s strong and his bat speed is electric ...

but gains in bat speed can result in higher exit velocities, and hitting the ball harder tends to translate to more hits. Statcast defines a hard-hit ball as one hit with at least a 95 mph exit ...

Torpedo bats are just the latest innovation in the design of baseball bats, some of which stuck, and others which ... did not.

It’s been just two weeks since Opening Day, but it only took one series for a defining subplot of the 2025 season to emerge: torpedo bats. The controversial new equipment immediately stole ...

Los Angeles Dodgers superstar Shohei Ohtani crushed a leadoff home run Wednesday night against the Colorado Rockies. When he ...

John Dingle is the owner of Dingbat Bats in Verona. He makes custom bats for baseball players across the country and says ...

Former MLB All-Star and ex-Yankees hitting coach Sean Casey ... quoted Manfred as saying about torpedo bats: “They’re absolutely good for baseball.” The comment, as originally reported ...