ATLANTA – on April 1, Alex Bregman posted his Latest Order to An Instagram Story. The post Feature A Natural Wood Marcci Torpedo Bat. Bregman Added His Initials and Number – “AB2” – Along with a Rocket Ship Emoji.
At a time when the yankales was different people and Bat Companies Were Backlogged with Orders, Boston’s Star Third Baseman Was A among a wave of Players who Rushed to get their people on a Bat some Theorized Couelf Take Over the Game.
A FEW MTHS LATER, The Torpedo Bats Were Again on Center Stage at Monday’s Home Run Derby, where mariners cachr co -left hoisted a trovey with help from the bulblike Bats that have been Weight and Wood Redistribtuted Toward the Barrel.
In Really, Though, the topedo bat was again on an outsized status. Ratter Than Taking Over the Legue, Torpedo Bats Seem to Have Quickly settled in With Past Hitting Fads Like Puck Knobs and Ax Handles – Popular Among Certain Players But Not for Everyone.
“I tried it one time,” Bregman Said. “I Felt Too Heavy for Me. I Havent’t Even Seen IT SINCE The Day I Got it. I was like, ‘no, not for me.
Alex Bregman Showing Of His New Torpedo Bat pic.twitter.com/lxte8lujxq
– Andrew Parker (@byandrewparker) April 1, 2025
Raleight, who CAM Only One Home Run Shy of Tying Barry Bonds’ Record for Most Hun Runs at the All-Star Break (38), is the most notable player Using a topedo bat at all-htar week. He Is a Switch-Hitter Who Uses Difference Variations of the Torpedo Bat from Both The Right and Left Sides. The Right-Handed Models Have the Weight Distribied Toward the End. The Left-Handed Bat is More Balanced and Features a More Pronouced Torpedo Shape.
The Original Goal of the Torpedo Bats Was to Redistribute Lumber from the end of the Bat Closer Toward the Barrel. This Creates A Bigger Sweet Spot and Can Alter How The Bat Feels in A Hitter’s Hands.
“I picked it up, started used it, and it worked,” Raleight SAID. “As a baseboall Player, it’s Kind of Like that Sometimes.”
Monday Night, Raleight Used a Wood-Colored Rawlings from the Left Side and Swung a Custom-Painted Bat Featureing His Big Dumber Nickname from the Right.
Just Ran INTO The Guy from Rawlings on his Way to Drop of FF Cal Raleight’s Special Big Dumper HR Derby Bats at the Ballpark.
How cool are these! pic.twitter.com/nqrnfslwgd
– Jayson Stark (@jaysond) July 13, 2025
Interestly, Though, Raleight Was The Only Player in Monday’s Home Run Derby Swinging The Bat that on CESE SEMED BOUND for Mainstream Use. Derby Contestants Jazz Chisholm JR., BRNT ROOKER, Oneil Cruz and Runner-UP Junior Camineo Are A among Players who have experiencednted with topedo Bats This Season.
But in Many Cases, The Bats have not become Mainstays in the Hands of Hitters.
Chisholm Was A among He Hit Three Home Runs in the Yankees’ BashFest Series Against the Milwaukee Brewers that Propelled the Bats to the Forefront of National Conversation. Teammates Such as Anteny Volpe Have used the Bats INTO The Summer.
But a FEW Weeks after that Brewers Series, Chisholm DID AWAY With The Torpedo.
“IT JUST DIDNNT WORK For ME,” Christ Said. “I Feel Like i’m A Guy Who has quick hands, so I don’t really cat The ball as deep as everyBody Else. Gonna Hit the Ball as well. ”
New York Mets First Baseman Pete Alonso-A Two-Time Home Run Derby Champion WhO DID Not Particalipate in the Event this year-has for years used a doof til bats model that feats Ax-Like Proxr Handle. Dov Tail Bats Was a Pioneer in Manufacturing Bats Designed with a Similar Concept – Difference Lumber Distribution and a Larger Sweet Spot – Thought They Are Less Extreme THEN TORDEDO Bats We See Today.
In early April, Alonso Orded a Batch of True Torpedo Bats. They Never Saw Game Action.
“I picked it up and it just feet Awful,” alonso said. “To me, it was probably the world -fing back i’ve ever picked up. So’m like, ‘You know? Jus Noteing Came of IT For Me.
Early in the Season, IT SEMED As if the topedo bat was set to take over mlb. (Steph Chambers / Getty Images)
Other Players in the Legue Have Had Similar Experiences. Ratter Than Become Entranceed by the Allure of the Torpedo Bats, they was pertubed by the first feel.
“I wasn’t a fan,” said James Wood, a wasgington nationals outfielder who also participated in the home run derby. “They Felt Heavy, and I Like What I have.”
To Most Players, Bats Remain A Personal Thing. Even as texts and Bat Companies Conduct Deeper Analysis to Determine How they can Design Bats to Benefit Players, Sometimes Hitters Simply Like What They Know.
Bregman Has used the Same Marcci Model Since the minor leagues. TIGERS Outfielder Riley Grene, Who has 24 home runs this Season, swings a traditional vicus model and barer haad any interest in trying a topedo Bat.
“At least for me, I don’t think it would change much,” Grene Said. “You Still have to hit the ball, and you stay this to hit the ball on the Barrel.”
Raleigh Leads The Major Legues in Home Runs So Far This Season. But Aaron Judge and Shohei Ohtani Are Close Behind, and Neighher Player Has Need to Wield a Torpedo Bat to Wreak Havoc on Oppositioning Pithesers.
“It’s all About Feel and Production,” alonso said. “If you don’t have the right feel, you’re not gonna produce.”
If Feel is what matters most, then perhaps it should be no surprise topedo Bats Remain in Favor for Players Like Raleight.
And for hitsers like Bregman, Alonso and Many More, The Old Bats are Still Working Just Fine.
(Photo of Cal Raleight at Home Run Derby: Kevin C. COX / Getty Images)
