The New York Yankees revealed they were using a new piece of hitting technology dubbed the torpedo bat. This new bat has the hardest and densest part of the baseball bat shifted down the barrel a little bit in order to put more wood in the places of the bat that are more likely to make contact with a pitch.

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Obviously, Ohtani is extremely popular, and his play speaks for itself, but so many folks in MLB media go way over the top when assessing Ohtani’s place in the sports world. Cue ESPN’s Karl Ravech who made a wild claim on Thursday’s Pat McAfee Show.

Los Angeles Dodgers manager Dave Roberts gave a promising update on two-way player Shohei Ohtani’s pitching progression this week. Ohtani underwent arthroscopic surgery in November on his shoulder, which has delayed his return from a second elbow surgery to an unknown date.

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And, unsurprisingly, Ohtani has at times struggled to adapt to the new technique, which goes against years of his baseball instinct. On a couple of his first slides in the 2025 regular season, Ohtani, likely as a force of habit, dropped his left hand in the dirt while sliding.