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What to make of MLB's torpedo bats: Valuable new technology or an early-season fad?

Related Topics: Jake Mintz, Jordan Shusterman

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Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you know that the biggest story of the first week of the 2025 MLB season is “torpedo bats,” the oddly shaped lumber that burst onto the scene thanks to the Yankees’ offensive explosion over the weekend and have continued to dominate baseball conversations this week.

Are these bats a fad or valuable technology that is here to stay? What else do we need to know about this phenomenon?