Heading into the 2025 College World Series, here's a closer look at why most of college baseball uses metal bats Sports newsletter 🏈's best, via 📧 Studio IX 🏀⚽️🥇 KPMG Women's PGA ⛳ ...

Though wooden bats are rare in modern college baseball, they’re still occasionally seen. In 2023, Oregon infielder Rikuu Nishida used a wooden bat in what would be his only season with the Ducks.

Though wooden bats are rare in modern college baseball, they’re still occasionally seen. In 2023, Oregon infielder Rikuu Nishida used a wooden bat in what would be his only season with the Ducks.

Wooden bats were once common in college baseball, but in 1974, as a way to increase offense and address cost concerns, a widespread switch to metal bats was made.

In the big leagues, only superstars like Aaron Judge can routinely crush the ball at speeds in excess of 115 mph. In college ...

Cape Cod League baseball players and managers prefer wood bats over aluminum bats, mirroring professional baseball. Wood bats ...

Torpedo bats are changing Major League Baseball, but with his head in the sand, MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred wants us to know: ... and watch MLB become college baseball minus the aluminum bats. ...

The “torpedo” bats remain legal so long as they follow MLB Rule 3.02 which states: “The bat shall be a smooth, round stick not more than 2.61 inches in diameter at the thickest part and not ...

The MLB does not allow aluminum bats, while the UIL allows both wooden and aluminum. Advertisement “If Aaron Judge were to use an aluminum bat, he would hit the ball harder and further than he ...

MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred lent his support to the so-called torpedo bats, which have captured the attention of baseball fans and pundits since the start of the 2025 season. The bats were first ...