The design, which shrunk the end of the barrel to pack more weight into the sweet spot, made the bat look like a torpedo or a bowling pin (with the effect of a torpedo for the Yankees).

The design, which shrunk the end of the barrel to pack more weight into the sweet spot, made the bat look like a torpedo or a bowling pin (with the effect of a torpedo for the Yankees).

The creation of the bowling pin bat (also known as the torpedo bat) optimizes the most important tool in baseball by redistributing weight from the end of the bat toward the area 6 to 7 inches ...

In creating the "torpedo" bat, also known as the bowling pin bat, the weight of the wood was redistributed "from the end of the bat toward the area [six] to [seven] inches below its tip ...

"Torpedo" bats are untraditional barrel bats that rest closer to a hitter's hand, forming what looks like a bowling-pin-like barrel, according to the MLB. They are customized for each player ...

Megill's sentiments on the "bowling pin" bats weren't shared by some of his teammates, however. Brewers first baseman Rhys Hoskins expressed interest in the bats, telling the NY Post, "They ...