Bryson Stott picked up a run-of-the-mill bat from his locker and pointed to where the diameter was the thickest. “Say a typical barrel is right here,” the Phillies second baseman said Monday. “You can move it [down] to here,

One Phillies hitter is employing those words of wisdom, with the possibility of more to come. The hottest new thing in baseball in the opening few days of the 2025 season is “torpedo” bats, which move the barrel of the bat slightly closer to the bat handle to help the batter.