MIT physicist Aaron Leanhardt has been credited with creating the torpedo bats. Leanhardt previously served as a hitting analyst with the Yankees before he joined the Miami Marlins as a field coordinator in the offseason.

The torpedo bat's rise has changed the industry for the companies that make them. Here is one bat-maker's story.

Not everyone in Major League Baseball is enamored with the new torpedo bat craze, as one All-Star recently divulged. Los Angeles Dodgers infielder Max Muncy is among the players who gave the new torpedo bat a try after the New York Yankees’ initial success with it.

Aaron Judge has owned Tarik Skubal, and the Tigers lefty hasn't been sharp to open the season. Even if Skubal pitches to his potential, Carlos Carrasco toes the rubber for the Yankees, giving us a clear path to cashing the Over 7.5.