This discussion is going on the California board, and I am interested in what y'all think. What are you seeing as the popular and well performing BBCOR bats this Spring?
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CAT6 is the rave out here in North Texas. Some of the kids had good things to say about that 915 Prime by Louisville Slugger also.
My son had the MAKO and XL1 last year. He says he likes the feel of the CAT6 much better, plus the price is easier on the pocket book.
Thanks for that DJC. We are in Tyler and the weather has been so bad recently we have not gotten to see what the kids are using, but I have heard positive comments on the LS and CAT6. Interesting that people are not talking about the Easton Mako or S Series.
Thanks for that DJC. We are in Tyler and the weather has been so bad recently we have not gotten to see what the kids are using, but I have heard positive comments on the LS and CAT6. Interesting that people are not talking about the Easton Mako or S Series.
get a bat your son likes, the label means very little. mine loved his S1 for the last 2 years, he demo'ed the new ones, the 5150, voodoo - ended up with a mako this year. the truth, in my opinion, if you take off the label and hit bats in the same class (balanced, end loaded etc) you will find very little difference between quality items.
As far as the composites, my son did like his 1st S1 the most. Felt real light and could generate higher VELO. The new MAKO TORQ felt real odd to him with that rotating handle.. Seems like 2015 MAKO is basically the same as last years model. My son's 2104 model seemed to have lost its pop after about 2 months of constant cage work and HS games. Don't know much about the 2014/15 S1's though.
CAT6 has a little bit of the end loaded feel, but not much. Similar with the 915 Prime LS, but in a composite bat.On the college circuit I see the CAT6 and LS used the most. CAT6 constructed much better than the CAT 5-squared, which my son loved, but it had problems with the handle and end cap.
Bad weather like you said, so been watching lots of D1 games. (
Don't know much about the 2014/15 S1's though.
he does alot of cage work like 3 days week Dec-Feb, 5 to 6 days a week from March to end of May his 2014 S1 was a horse. Most of the summer and fall is wood bat but it was well