Phillies join the Torpedo Bat Arms Race — Alec Bohm makes contact, Bryson Stott next?

Alec Bohm Bends The Knee – You know what they say: If you can’t beat ’em, get your own nerds and start swinging Torpedo Bats too. It didn’t take long for the Phillies to take notice of what’s going on up in the Bronx.

After the Yankees casually hung 32 runs and launched 9 home runs in two games using their newly-minted “torpedo bats,” it was only a matter of time before a few guys in red pinstripes started asking questions.

The Torpedo Bat Cold War is on fire right now and the Phillies might join the arms race as early as this week

Enter Alec Bohm.

During Monday’s home opener against the Rockies, Alec Bohm stepped into the box in the fourth inning with a bat designed to shift the sweet spot closer to the handle — a tech-driven fix for guys who tend to barrel balls a little too far inside on a traditional stick.

And sure enough, he roped a line-drive single to left.

Alec Bohm with the Torpedo Bat in the Phillies home opener

A quiet start, but a promising one. And he’s not the only one intrigued.

“You can’t just order this thing on Amazon,” Bryson Stott said.

He’s already been to the Victus “Hit Lab” — their high-tech bat-fitting center in King of Prussia — where they measure where you’re making contact and tailor the bat to you. That means Stott already has the data. The only question now is when he hops on board the torpedo train.

Bryson Stott can’t wait to get his hands on the Torpedo Bat..lol

I asked Bryson Stott about the torpedo bats and if they are something the Phillies have discussed using in-game.

He said he has already texted his guy at Victus about it: pic.twitter.com/uxK71wBmwY

— Devan Kaney (@Devan_Kaney) March 31, 2025

“If you’re a guy that uses the whole bat… it’s not for you,” Stott said. “But if you’re consistently hitting one spot, it might be.”

Look, whether or not these bats are the future of hitting or just the baseball version of a fidget spinner, it’s impossible to ignore what the Yankees did this weekend.

Alec Bohm went 1-4 in the Phillies 6-1 win over the Rockies. Stott did too.

And for a Phillies offense that has looked stagnant out of the gate — especially in spots outside the core four (Harper, Castellanos, Schwarber, Bohm) — it would be borderline negligent not to explore it.

Even Phillies manager Rob Thomson admitted he hadn’t heard of the bat design until last week. “I really wasn’t sure if it was a thing or not,” he said. “But I guess it is real.”

Oh, it’s real.

And hitting coach Kevin Long has already started making calls.

Don’t be surprised if Brandon Marsh, Johan Rojas, or even J.T. Realmuto show up swinging a torpedo stick within a week. Victus is literally located 30 minutes away. This isn’t some secret Japanese technology smuggled into the country through back channels — it’s being cooked up in our own backyard. The Yankees just got there first.

If this is the baseball arms race of 2025, the Phillies better not show up with Nerf bats while the Yankees are swinging torpedoes. It might not turn Brandon Marsh into 2017 Giancarlo Stanton overnight, but if it gets one more barrel, it’s worth the experiment.

If you’re keeping score at home:

• Alec Bohm’s in.
• Stott’s getting warm.
• The Yankees are already stockpiling nukes.
• And the Braves? Yeah, they just placed an order too.

Time to load up the bat rack, whether you like it or not.

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