Los Angeles is the first defending World Series champion to win its first eight games of the following season.

When videos of Yankees hitters using funky-looking bats went viral last week, Orioles pitchers had some of the same reactions as fans did.

Of note is how D-backs pitchers handled the five Yankees who are known to be using the torpedo bat: Anthony Volpe and Paul Goldschmidt, who bat righty, and Jazz Chisholm Jr., Cody Bellinger and Austin Wells, who bat lefty.

From Moneyball to analytics to torpedo bats, MLB teams are desperate for an edge and will look for one in every nook and cranny.

The newest innovation in baseball, the bat has a seemingly inflated barrel that is thickest and heaviest where the player most frequently makes contact.

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

Baseball Hall of Famer Fergie Jenkins talked about torpedo bats and what they can do for hitters during an appearance on OutKick's "The Ricky Cobb Show."

Connecticut bat-makers weigh in on baseball’s new craze, the torpedo; UConn hockey’s rise, women’s March Madness timing. More in Sunday Read.