How much did their new torpedo bats contribute to the power display? We don't know. We just know players around the league are paying attention, and torpedo bats are the hot topic early this year. The Yankees hit all those homers this past weekend without Giancarlo Stanton,

"Torpedo'' style bats are all the talk of MLB, but Giancarlo Stanton used a version of that lumber last year, when he went on a postseason home run spree.

Revolutionary tech or junk science? Much ado about nothing or the next big trend in baseball? The truth with torpedo bats, as with most everything, is probably somewhere in between. Meaningful or not,