After the new design erupted into the public's attention last weekend, there was an instant surge of interest. “There are 1,500 preorders for a bat that doesn’t exist," one exec said.

Take Anthony Volpe's torpedo bat, produced by Victus, for example. Two years ago, the Yankees analytics department, including MIT physicist Aaron Leanhardt, started collecting data on the ...

Demand for torpedo bats is booming for batmakers After the new design erupted into the public's attention last weekend, there was an instant surge of interest. “There are 1,500 preorders for a ...

Demand for torpedo bats is booming for batmakers After the new design erupted into the public's attention last weekend, there was an instant surge of interest. “There are 1,500 preorders for a ...

Demand for torpedo bats is booming for batmakers After the new design erupted into the public's attention last weekend, there was an instant surge of interest. “There are 1,500 preorders for a ...

Take Anthony Volpe's torpedo bat, produced by Victus, for example. Two years ago, the Yankees analytics department, including MIT physicist Aaron Leanhardt, started collecting data on the ...

Baseball bat manufacturers had little evidence to suggest a spike in sales was just around the corner when Major League Baseball's newest season opened last week. It had been four years since ...