Depending on which side of the aisle your team sits on, torpedo bats are either the best thing to happen to baseball this season or an illegal advantage masterminded by the most villainous organization in all of sports: the Yankees, of course, whose nine home runs on Opening Day against the Milwaukee Brewers led to several other teams rushing out to equip their clubhouses with the new lumber. If you’re MLB commissioner Rob Manfred, however, torpedo bats are a net positive—the latest micro-innovation, after the pitch-clock, to add enthusiasm around a game that has fallen behind its peers in media hype and deal size.