--- title: Louisville Slugger Pro Prime TPD1: The Best Inventions of 2025 description: Find out why Louisville Slugger Pro Prime TPD1 is on TIME's list of 2025's best inventions. canonical: https://time.com/collections/best-inventions-2025/7318512/louisville-slugger-pro-prime-tpd1/ article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2025-10-09T11:00:17.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T11:54:58.208Z article:section: Business og:title: Louisville Slugger Pro Prime TPD1: The Best Inventions of 2025 og:description: Find out why Louisville Slugger Pro Prime TPD1 is on TIME's list of 2025's best inventions. og:url: https://time.com/collections/best-inventions-2025/7318512/louisville-slugger-pro-prime-tpd1/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt68e26ceae55b75cd/6998ca5125f3ee2d176450da/torpedo-bat-time-best-inventions-2025-27.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Louisville Slugger Pro Prime TPD1: The Best Inventions of 2025 og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Louisville Slugger Pro Prime TPD1: The Best Inventions of 2025 twitter:description: Find out why Louisville Slugger Pro Prime TPD1 is on TIME's list of 2025's best inventions. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt68e26ceae55b75cd/6998ca5125f3ee2d176450da/torpedo-bat-time-best-inventions-2025-27.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 --- Oct 09, 2025 # Louisville Slugger Pro Prime TPD1 Reengineering home runs by [Sean Gregory](https://time.com/author/sean-gregory/) ## Sean Gregory Senior Correspondent  Peter Garritano for TIME A long-ball barrage has sparked a craze. The New York Yankees hit a [record-tying 15 home runs](https://www.mlb.com/news/yankees-discuss-new-torpedo-bats) in their three first games of the 2025 season, with some players using Louisville Sluggers’ odd-looking Torpedo Prime bats, which move the fat sweet spot closer to the handle, where data shows players are more likely to strike the ball. Now wood bat sales at Hillerich & Bradbury, maker of Louisville Sluggers, are up some 20% year-over-year. “Really good players have had fantastic success with it,” says Bobby Hillerich, the company’s VP of manufacturing. “It's proof in performance.” Former Yankees analyst Aaron Leanhardt, an MIT-trained physicist, is credited with [inventing the torpedo](https://www.mlb.com/news/aaron-leanhardt-discusses-invention-of-torpedo-bats). **Buy Now:** Louisville Slugger Pro Prime TPD1 on [Amazon](https://amzn.to/4mPNj8k) These are independent reviews of the products mentioned, but TIME receives a commission when purchases are made through affiliate links at no additional cost to the purchaser. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Article","@id":"https://time.com/collections/best-inventions-2025/7318512/louisville-slugger-pro-prime-tpd1/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/collections/best-inventions-2025/7318512/louisville-slugger-pro-prime-tpd1/"},"headline":"Louisville Slugger Pro Prime TPD1","datePublished":"2025-10-09T11:00:17.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T11:54:58.208Z","description":"","url":"https://time.com/collections/best-inventions-2025/7318512/louisville-slugger-pro-prime-tpd1/","keywords":["Tech","E-Commerce","list","franchise","Magazine","best inventions","Special Project","sponsorshipblock","Accolades","Best Inventions 2025"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt68e26ceae55b75cd/6998ca5125f3ee2d176450da/torpedo-bat-time-best-inventions-2025-27.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Sean Gregory","jobTitle":"Senior Correspondent","url":"https://time.com/author/sean-gregory/"}],"creator":"Sean Gregory","articleSection":"Business","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt68e26ceae55b75cd/6998ca5125f3ee2d176450da/torpedo-bat-time-best-inventions-2025-27.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/business/","name":"Business"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-tech/","name":"Tech"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/collections/best-inventions-2025/7318512/louisville-slugger-pro-prime-tpd1/","name":"Louisville Slugger Pro Prime TPD1"}}]}] ```