Before he was putting his intellect to use crafting a baseball bat that would allow the New York Yankees to tie home run records, Aaron Leanhardt spent years studying and teaching physics. Leanhardt ...

Volpe’s relationship with Victus Sports, the bat company in King of Prussia, Pennsylvania, has been public knowledge for years. He has swung their lumber since he was 13. When the Yankees looked for a ...

Aaron Leanhardt, the former Michigan physics professor who got his PhD at MIT and was part of the Yankees organization for six-and-a-half years, had a simple question he was trying to answer when ...

The torpedo bat has become one of the most talked about aspects of the the 2025 MLB season. While it may not have been a household name just yet among baseball fans, it may not be long before the ...

When Aaron Leanhardt was a graduate student in physics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, he was part of a research team that cooled sodium gas to the lowest temperature ever recorded in ...

A number of Yankees are utilizing a novel bat shape — a seemingly inflated barrel that is thickest and heaviest where the player most frequently makes contact, then narrowing at the end. The ...

Sports journalist who grew up in Dallas, TX. Lover of all things sports, she got her degree from Texas Tech University (Wreck ‘em Tech!) in 2011. Joined Diario AS USA in 2021 and now covers mostly ...

The New York Yankees are off to a record-breaking start with three consecutive home runs in their opening game. Their new 'Torpedo' barrel bats, developed by an MIT physicist, enhance performance by ...

The New York Yankees had quite the Saturday, blasting nine home runs in a 20-9 win over the Milwaukee Brewers. And the bats used by many of their players caught the attention of the baseball world.

Before he was putting his intellect to use crafting a baseball bat that would allow the New York Yankees to tie home run records, Aaron Leanhardt spent years studying and teaching physics. Leanhardt ...