The New York Yankees have stormed into the 2025 Major League Baseball season with a record-breaking 18 home runs in the first four games - and an unusual new bat design, known as the “torpedo ...

The bat, which gained attention after several Yankees used it during a nine-homer barrage against Milwaukee, features an unorthodox design with ... generating power but repeating a swing.

Where might science-fueled bat design go next? Thanks to the contributions of a pair of Johns Hopkins students, the Yankees' American League East rival Baltimore Orioles might be the team to ask. Last ...