Aaron Leanhardt, the former Michigan physics professor who got his PhD at MIT and was part of the Yankees organization for six-and-a-half years, had a simple question he was trying to answer when ...

But the development of the uniquely shaped piece of lumber — it looks more like a bowling pin than a traditional bat, with a thicker middle and tapered end — wasn't the result of a life spent around ...

MIT physicist Aaron Leanhardt has been credited with creating the torpedo bats. Leanhardt previously served as a hitting ...

This year the club introduced a new bat featuring what they call a “Torpedo Barrel,” and it’s quite literally breaking the game of baseball. This was most apparent on Saturday night in a 20-9 win over ...

Yankees shortstop Anthony Volpe and second baseman Jazz Chisholm are among the players using the new bats. Both hit home runs on opening day. Chisholm added two more on Sunday. The torpedo bat design ...

The reaction across MLB to the design of the New York Yankees' new 'torpedo' bats after the Bronx Bombers belted 13 home runs ...

Aaron Leanhardt said in a phone interview Sunday morning. “Where are you trying to make contact?” Leanhardt, 48, began his work when he was a member of the Yankees’ minor-league hitting ...

Aaron Leanhardt helped develop the first such bats with the Yankees, for whom he worked as a minor-league hitting coach and analyst.

Former Yankees analyst Aaron Leanhardt, who introduced the torpedo bats to the club, said a hitter’s bat speed could potentially increase depending on how the bat is redesigned; Volpe’s bat ...

A torpedo bat resembles something of an elongated bowling pin. Aaron Leanhardt, a former MIT physicist who worked as the Yankees' lead analyst in 2024, is credited with inventing the torpedo-style ...