During spring training, someone in the organization had mentioned to Kay that the team's analytics department had counseled players on where pitches tended to strike their bats, and with subsequent buy-in from some of the players,

Torpedo bats have taken the MLB world by storm in just the week or so since Opening Day. The New York Yankees, who started using these specialized bats this season, have already hit 22 home runs since Thursday,

Torpedo bats are just the latest innovation in the design of baseball bats, some of which stuck, and others which ... did not.