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Torpedo bats, axe bats, and knobs: A history of baseball bats

You’ve been hearing all about torpedo bats of late, and with good reason. New equipment isn’t introduced to Major League Baseball often, but the torpedo bat represents a change in the design of a piece of equipment that’s been part of the game from the start: the baseball bat itself. The New York Yankees having themselves an offensive explosion against the Milwaukee Brewers on opening weekend certainly helped bring them into the spotlight, but big games from the likes of Elly De La Cruz helped keep it there.

2025 NFL mock draft: Yates' pick predictions for Rounds 1-2 - ESPN

April is here, which means the 2025 NFL draft is right around the corner. All-star games and the combine are behind us, and I'll be attending the offseason's last big pro day on Friday to see Colorado's Shedeur Sanders and Travis Hunter. Teams are starting to finalize their needs and boards, and there aren't as many unanswered questions remaining about this class. Time to update my projections for where the top prospects could land in a few weeks.

What is a torpedo bat? Inside MLB's next big thing - ESPN

EARLY IN THE 2023 season, Aaron Leanhardt started asking New York Yankees hitters what they needed to perform better. He was a minor league hitting coordinator for the team, and with league-wide batting average the previous year at its lowest point in more than a half-century, Leanhardt approached that spring with a specific question: How, in an era ruled by pitching, could offense keep up?