How much do New York Yankees torpedo bats cost and can I buy one?

Aaron Judge is already tied for the MLB lead in home runs with four, the New York Yankees are launching baseballs like Willie Mays Hayes in the film "Major League" with 15 homers in just three games, and a re-engineered bat being dubbed "The Torpedo," is at the root of all the current talk in baseball.

The cutting-edge tech was developed by a former Yankees employee, Aaron Leanhardt, affectionately nicknamed "Lenny," and an MIT-trained physicist.

He took a job this offseason with the Marlins despite Miami having just two home runs this season.

The Yankees opened the year with a clean sweep of the Milwaukee Brewers , outscoring them 36-14 in three games.

The domination included a historic 20-run barrage in Game 2 that featured Nestor Cortes on the mound for Milwaukee, a former Yankee traded during the offseason in exchange for two-time All-Star reliever Devin Williams.

Cortes wore Brewers blue and yellow while watching his first three pitches fly into orbit off the bat design built by someone once in his same building.

Leanhardt's design redistributes weight for better balance, increases mass at the barrel's sweet spot, and shaves unused wood from the cup end to refocus energy into the point of contact.

At least for now, the design specs and price remain classified, but that hasn't stopped a stampede of curiosity from fans and players alike.

Premium model professional MLB bats cost an average price of $250-$300, with custom bat manufacturer MaxBat calling the Torpedo hype "out of control," and saying they're racing to get the Torpedo profiles up and available to the public starting April 1.

[And no, not an April Fool's joke.] Orders are reportedly in motion within the league for players from top bat makers, including Louisville Slugger, Chandler, B45, and Marucci, who are all said to be crafting their takes on the model.

Five players have already homered with the bat inside the Yankees clubhouse, including Jazz Chisholm Jr., Anthony Volpe, Paul Goldschmidt, Cody Bellinger, and Austin Wells.

Bellinger, who came over from the Cubs after last year , admitted to trying the bat in Chicago before fully buying this spring.

Despite being the face of the franchise and sitting atop the home run leaderboard, Judge has declined to use the Torpedo bat.

Ryan Jeffers of the Twins has used the bat, and there is speculation that Shohei Ohtani and Francisco Lindor have long used earlier, less-hyped design iterations.

When he first saw Chisholm using it, Padres infielder Xander Bogaerts admitted he thought the whole thing was a prank.

His teammate Manny Machado joked that manufacturers should mail one to every player in the league if the bats are this good.

White Sox manager Will Venable predicts that by season's end, every team will use them to some extent.

MLB bat rules and regulations can be modified if it remains round, smooth, and made from one solid piece of wood, thicker than 2.61 inches, and no longer than 42 inches.

MLB rules indicate its okay for the end of the bat to be a little hollowed out like a spoon scoop, but it can't be deeper than 1 1/4 inches and must be 1-2 inches wide.

It has to be smooth with adhesives like pine tar, which is only allowed on the bottom 18 inches.

The league must approve everything from bat color to material changes before use..

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