The Dodgers have yet to use torpedo bats. But that could change soon.

Before the Yankees' franchise-record nine-homer outburst on Saturday, the Dodgers' hitting coaches had never heard of "torpedo" bats.

"I saw them like everybody else did — on social media and TV," Aaron Bates said Monday. 

Now, after a record-setting power display this weekend in New York, they're the talk of the sport. 

Dodgers hitting coaches Bates and Robert Van Scoyoc are among many throughout Major League Baseball whose interest was piqued after watching Jazz Chisholm Jr., Cody Bellinger, Paul Goldschmidt, Anthony Volpe and Austin Wells combine to launch nine of the Yankees' 15 homers on the weekend while using the new style of bat. 

"Guys are always trying to get better, find new ways to improve or get an edge in that sense," Bates said. "Obviously Major League Baseball said it's all within the rules and everything. That's great. I think it's good for the game in the sense of trying to create another way for hitters to get an advantage because pitchers are so much further ahead as far as data and how hard they throw. So, you increase that margin of error, it's good." 

The torpedo bat somewhat resembles a bowling pin, with the biggest part of the barrel closer to the handle. The idea is simple: shift more of the wood from the end of the bat toward the sweet spot where a player more often makes contact. 

Even for those who have never seen or used the bats, the concept is captivating. And the logic at least appears sound. 

"If you make contact more towards the handle, it makes sense to put more mass there," Van Scoyoc said. "But we're gonna learn about it and study it. I'm sure guys are ordering them. All the players want hits, so they're gonna do anything they can to get a hit."

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