A Month of Torpedo Bats
A Blog By Dean
Editor's Note: I'm still refining BBI, ABBI, and BBI+. I’m currently leaning toward switching from a 0–5 scale to a 0–10 scale. Stay tuned for updates.
Welcome to the 100+ new subscribers who joined recently! Many of you came on board after I released my BBI, ABBI, and BBI+ analytics. Funny enough — this very blog about torpedo bats is what inspired those stats in the first place.
I’ve been tracking fifteen players using torpedo bats this season to evaluate their performance. What frustrated me early on was the lack of a simple, results-based analytic to show actual improvement. That’s where BBI comes in. It combines AVG, HR, and SLG with Exit Velocity and Barrel %. For players with fewer than 100 ABs, I used ABBI, which adjusts for small sample size by regressing stats toward league averages.
I wanted a streamlined way to look at real production and Statcast quality. So I ran the numbers for each player’s 2024 season using BBI and compared them to 2025.
Here’s what I found:
🔼 10 of the 15 players have higher BBI scores in 2025.
🔻 2 players regressed.
⚠️ 2 didn’t have enough 2024 data to compare.
Does this mean torpedo bats are making a meaningful difference? The early returns say yes.
I’ll do another check-in at the end of May. But for now, here’s where everyone stands:
Adley Rutschman | Baltimore Orioles
PA: 115
AVG: .222 | HR: 4 | OPS: .694
2025 BBI: 1.73
2024 BBI: 1.43
Alec Bohm | Philadelphia Phillies
PA: 123
AVG: .222 | HR: 0 | OPS: .526
2025 BBI: 1.37
2024 BBI: 1.94
Anthony Volpe | New York Yankees
PA: 131
AVG: .237 | HR: 5 | OPS: .784
2025 BBI: 2.30
2024 BBI: 1.04
Austin Wells | New York Yankees
PA: 105
AVG: .213 | HR: 5 | OPS: .724
2025 ABBI: 3.11
2024 BBI: 2.63
Cody Bellinger | New York Yankees
PA: 114
AVG: .204 | HR: 3 | OPS: .638
2025 BBI: 1.74
2024 BBI: 1.63
Jazz Chisholm Jr. | New York Yankees
PA: 125
AVG: .181 | HR: 7 | OPS: .714
2025 BBI: 2.15
2024 BBI: 1.94
Paul Goldschmidt | New York Yankees
PA: 130
AVG: .356 | HR: 2 | OPS: .878
2025 BBI: 2.21
2024 BBI: 1.90
Dansby Swanson | Chicago Cubs
PA: 138
AVG: .213 | HR: 6 | OPS: .672
2025 BBI: 2.22
2024 BBI: 1.55
Nico Hoerner | Chicago Cubs
PA: 120
AVG: .284 | HR: 0 | OPS: .682
2025 BBI: 1.01
2024 BBI: 0.95
Elly De La Cruz | Cincinnati Reds
PA: 140
AVG: .274 | HR: 5 | OPS: .777
2025 BBI: 2.25
2024 BBI: 2.32
Jose Trevino | Cincinnati Reds
PA: 75
AVG: .324 | HR: 3 | OPS: .909
2025 ABBI: 1.80
2024 BBI: Not qualified
Francisco Lindor | New York Mets
PA: 141
AVG: .298 | HR: 6 | OPS: .846
2025 BBI: 2.17
2024 BBI: 2.59
Oneil Cruz | Pittsburgh Pirates
PA: 124
AVG: .252 | HR: 8 | OPS: .897
2025 BBI: 3.64
2024 BBI: 2.65
Junior Caminero | Tampa Bay Rays
PA: 124
AVG: .256 | HR: 6 | OPS: .752
2025 BBI: 2.31
2024 BBI: N/A
Ryan Jeffers | Minnesota Twins
PA: 90
AVG: .256 | HR: 1 | OPS: .741
2025 ABBI: 3.21
2024 BBI: 2.12
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