Bryson Stott picked up a run-of-the-mill bat from his locker and pointed to where the diameter was the thickest. “Say a typical barrel is right here,” the Phillies second baseman said Monday. “You can move it [down] to here,

One Phillies hitter is employing those words of wisdom, with the possibility of more to come. The hottest new thing in baseball in the opening few days of the 2025 season is “torpedo” bats, which move the barrel of the bat slightly closer to the bat handle to help the batter.

As the new MLB season got underway, the torpedo bats, their usage, and now questions over their legality within the game have become one of its immediate, and in turn, controversial talking points. It started with the New York Yankees and their home-opening series against the Milwaukee Brewers in the Bronx.