Torpedo bats drew attention over the weekend when the New York Yankees hit a team-record nine homers in one game

Among the Yankees hitters who are using it, Anthony Volpe is a model for poor hitters who might see the torpedo bat as hope of becoming a good hitter. He's gained nearly 2 mph in average bat speed and 0.8 mph in average exit velocity.

In hitting a franchise-record nine home runs on March 29, including becoming the first team in MLB history to homer on the first three pitches they saw, the New York Yankees didn't merely torpedo the Milwaukee Brewers' team ERA.

The New York Yankees and the use of torpedo bats has been one of the biggest trends in all of baseball to start the new season. They mashed 15 home runs in their first three games of the season, which tied an MLB record.

The New York Yankees hit 13 home runs in the first three games of the new season. Not all were hit with the torpedo-style bats that the team has now made famous. That hasn’t stopped bleacher creatures across the game from questioning the legality of the bats,