While Aaron Judge rocked three homers using his normal bat, a number of Yankees opted for the Torpedo bat, which was designed in part by former Massachusetts Institute of Technology physicist Aaron Leanhardt and are notable for being densest at the barrel, or the "sweet spot" of the bat.

Despite losing their first game of the MLB season, the New York Yankees continued their historic start to the year as they broke multiple records through their prolific home run hitting.

While the offensive output was impressive, fans were obsessed with the bats that some of the New York players were using. The barrels were enlarged, and social media dubbed them as "torpedo bats." Because the bats looked so different than regular bats,