King of Prussia-based Victus Sports is at the epicenter of baseball’s new bat craze. Here’s what you need to know about the torpedo and whether it will be here to stay.

Torpedo bats drew attention over the weekend when the New York Yankees hit a team-record nine homers in one game.

The Yankees were at PNC Park for the Pirates home opener on Friday, and they brought their torpedo bats with them.

Long before baseball was abuzz with talk of “Torpedo” bats, Cardinals standout Brendan Donovan traveled to the Tennessee factory of his batmakers and designed lumber with relocated and larger sweet spots.

Developed by a physicist, these bats have their widest part, called the barrel, closer to the player's hands to offer a better chance of hitting the ball on their "sweet spot"

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

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

There have been two companies that have filed with the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office. Importer Michael Hauptman's Just Happy LLC filed for three trademarks, desiring to put "Torpedo Bat" and or "Torpedo Barrel Bat" on bats and "Torpedo Bat" on clothing and apparel, including apparel, baseball gloves, bat bags and glove bags.

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