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Sportsbooks unfazed by new torpedo bats: ‘We don’t do any knee-jerk reactions’
Bettors are all over the torpedo bat craze, but what do the sportsbooks think? Max Meyer talked to oddsmakers to find out.
2025 MLB betting, lines, odds: How sportsbooks are adjusting to the 'torpedo bat' phenomenon
There are always plenty of unknowns to start any new season, and entering the 2025 Major League Baseball season, one of the ...
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Rob Manfred Shared Honest Take on MLB’s Torpedo Bat Craze
Baseball bat engineers have even weighed in on the topic and explained the "fallacies" surrounding the literal impact torpedo bats are having on the game. With every single MLB team interested ...
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Torpedo bats aren't a factor in Cincinnati high school baseball. They could be this summer
Torpedo bats have been the talk of baseball season so far after a record-setting home-run performance by the New York Yankees during Major League Baseball’s opening weekend and, closer to home ...
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Torpedo bats, axe bats, and knobs: A history of baseball bats
You’ve been hearing all about torpedo ... Get a bat and swing it against a telephone pole. I do this with doubting young Washington players. Where is the wrist position at point of impact?
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Will New Torpedo Bats Impact Diamondbacks-Yankees Series?
The nuance? The "torpedo" bat, used widely by Yankees hitters to open the year. Torpedo bats actually aren't completely brand-new. They haven't been widely utilized across MLB since their ...
FanDuel, DraftKings offering ‘torpedo bat’ special as MLB movement grows
After a number of hitters adopted the new bowling-pin-looking bats during MLB opening week, FanDuel and DraftKings ...