The Major League Baseball season is just underway and, while some athletes are making their major league debut, so is the usage of the ‘Torpedo’ bat.

Yahoo Sports national MLB insider Russell Dorsey comments on the wide ‘overreaction’ to new bat technology being utilized throughout Major League Baseball.

Torpedo bats are all the rage around Major League Baseball this week, but are they here to stay? The Yankees’ power display over the weekend \-\- New York hit 15 home runs in a three-game home sweep o

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

While other types of modified bats, such as corked bats, are strictly forbidden in the major leagues, MLB has already confirmed that torpedo bats are legal and allowed; the league itself has even released news articles highlighting them. This could pave the way for a new era of baseball, one in which home-run hitters take precedence.

The game sent shockwaves across Major League Baseball. Other MLB teams have since placed an influx of orders with Hillerich & Bradsby, the Louisville-based company that makes Louisville Slugger bats and created the torpedo bats used by Yankee players over the weekend.

The New York Yankees made waves through the baseball world by hitting 15 home runs over their opening series against the Milwaukee Brewers, tying a Major League Baseball. When they hit nine of them, including three on the first three pitches they saw,

Keenan Long of LongBall Labs joined MLB Now on Thursday to discuss the new bats and what is next in the search for technology impacting offense in MLB. He first addressed one big fallacy related to bats, then went on to explain a number of issues related to torpedo bats and what the future looks like.

“Let them use whatever bat they want. Let’s just allow pitchers to use whatever hitters have in the on deck circle,” Philadelphia Phillies pitcher Matt Strahm posted on X this week. “And not check us like we are criminals every time we walk on or off the field. I’m just a pitcher but I’m assuming better grip helps ya swing harder…”