The story of the 2025 MLB season so far is the torpedo bat designed by Miami Marlins coach and former MIT physicist Aaron ...

The "torpedo" bat used by several players on the New York Yankees was created by Aaron Leanhardt, an MIT physicist who now coaches for the Miami Marlins. Leanhardt developed the torpedo bat from ...

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

It's not often a field coordinator is the biggest star on the team, but there's been a ton of attention on Aaron Leanhardt over the past week as the innovative bats he's credited with creating ...

"I think it’s an amazing discovery," said Angels outfielder Taylor Ward, one of many players suddenly interested in the new ...

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

So perhaps it’s not surprising that, in 2023, when Aaron Leanhardt, who was, at the time, a minor-league hitting coördinator for the team, asked players what might help them overcome the ...

Two years ago, the Yankees analytics department, including MIT physicist Aaron Leanhardt, started collecting data on the shortstop's hitting tendencies. The objective was to figure out and narrow ...

The newly designed lumber, which features more wood around the label than the end of the barrel leading to it resembling a ...

In the early days of this year’s season, torpedo bats have become all the rage for big league hitters. They burst into the ...

Reds star Elly De La Cruz is the latest convert, hitting two home runs and knocking in seven runs in his first game with the ...