The baseball world has been taken over by discussion of the torpedo bats trend, but a Chicago Cubs pitcher is getting in on the new pitch that is more quietly taking over. Cubs veteran Jameson Taillon is one of the latest players in baseball to debut a new 'kick-change.

Using a strikingly different model in which wood is moved lower down the barrel after the label and shapes the end a little like a bowling pin, the torpedo bat has become baseball’s latest

The story of the young MLB season has been the evolution of the Torpedo bats in Major League Baseball. The Cubs have begun experimenting with these bats.

In addition to Swanson, second baseman Nico Hoerner has been swinging a torpedo bat in games. Left fielder Ian Happ swung one during the Tokyo Series. Others have tried them in batting practice.

Cubs' top prospect Cam Smith is set to make his MLB debut this season, while the White Sox are off to a respectable start with a 2-2 record, and the Yankees have introduced torpedo bats, which are technically operating within the guidelines of the current rule book but are causing outrage among fans and MLB pitchers.

New torpedo bats drew attention when the New York Yankees hit a team-record nine homers that traveled a combined 3,695 feet.