You know you’ve reached the big leagues when Yasiel Puig licks your bat. “He used them in the (2018) World Series and got an RBI hit, and that was a watershed moment for us,” says Cody ...

But in the short time since Yankees play-by-play man Michael Kay pointed out the team’s new, misshapen sticks on live TV, Torpedo Bat Mania has consumed the baseball world.

Several of baseball's 41 approved bat suppliers are making versions of them, from Louisville Slugger and Victus to Chandler and Authentic. "If all of the manufacturers aren't already making them ...