Each batter using the new product has a custom torpedo bat; where the greater mass of wood is placed depends on an analysis of where on the bat the batter hits the ball most often.

Over the first few games of the 2025 season, the newly developed and introduced torpedo bats have taken over baseball. They were initially introduced by the New

Former Yankees’ staffer Aaron Leanhardt is credited with the design of the bat. Leanhardt’s Linkedin profile notes that he graduated from MIT with a PhD in physics, and spent almost seven years as a physics professor at the University of Michigan before joining the Yankees organization as a hitting coach in 2011.