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SHREVEPORT, La. (KTAL/KMSS) – “Torpedo bats” have recently been all the rage in Major League Baseball. The New York Yankees debuted these bats this season on their way to tying an MLB record ...

The torpedo is the talk of 2025, but bat experiments have changed baseball and created controversy for 150 years.

If anything, the torpedo bats harken to an era before Moneyball, computers, or even the official formation of Major League Baseball.

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The torpedo bats are safely within MLB rules, which dictate only that bats must be “solid wood, round, shorter than 42 inches, and no wider than 2.61 inches,” according to Baseball Prospectus.

MLB commissioner Rob Manfred seemingly thinks everyone needs to stop complaining about the New York Yankees' (perfectly legal) torpedo bats.

Rob Manfred loves the offense and the controversy of the torpedo bats.