2025 MLB betting, lines, odds: How sportsbooks are adjusting to the ‘torpedo bat’ phenomenon
The Yankees' Anthony Volpe uses one of the team's torpedo bats against the Milwaukee Brewers on Saturday, March 29, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Angelina Katsanis) (ASSOCIATED PRESS)There are always plenty of unknowns to start any new season, and entering the 2025 Major League Baseball season, one of the biggest ones was the park factors relating to the Oakland Athletics playing their home games in Sacramento.AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementBut the "torpedo bat" is what everyone in the sport is talking about the first week of the new season — including bookmakers.Aaron Leanhardt — an MIT-educated physics professor and former New York Yankees minor league hitting coordinator — helped design the new bats, beginning in the 2023 season, per ESPN's Jeff Passan. By keeping the total amount of wood in the bat the same, but redistributing more to the barrel, the torpedo bats allow […]