Baum Bats

Have you tried a Baum? If not, you should swing one before buying. My son hit a BP session with one and prefers his Victus.

@TerribleBPthrower posted:

Have you tried a Baum? If not, you should swing one before buying. My son hit a BP session with one and prefers his Victus.

No, haven’t hit with one, what did your son not like about it? And also, where did he try it out?

A friend let him use it. He says the Victus feels better when he barrels it and the Victus gives him better feedback on mishits. Unfortunately this is true compared to his Meta as well.

IMO, the Victus vs Baum feel could be completely mental. He says he can feel it though so he’ll stick with what works for him

I guess I would ask why are you interested in one? Durability?

Santa leaving one under the tree this year for my '24.  Kid swung one and loved it. 

I have paid for a few woodies for my '20 in the past, so durability and pop are big selling points.

Very durable bat but I agree the kid should try it. I bought a 31" years ago when my kid was 13u, it was on clearance. I was so pleased with myself until kid tried it and hated it. I was hoping to give it to my younger son but he quit baseball at 11U. I plan on giving it to my co-worker's 13U kid.

Baum bats are known for their durability, but they do also have some serious pop.  They weren't allowed in PG and other events for a while, but were then were later approved.  Son's travel team had a deal with Baum, and won a WWBA tourney with majority of the kids swinging Baum, including a few clutch walk off home runs.  Son swung Baum for several years as his "go to bat".  Having said that, I totally get the mental side of what you are swinging, but IMO, Baum bats are a great bat and great value.  As a side note, son loves swinging his pro LS maple bats now when he can...

Not what you’d call a purist, but allowing Baums in wood tourneys is BS. And it isn’t just the pop on barrelled balls, but how they allow even non-squared balls to get places they never would off a maple....

@SomeBaseballDad posted:

I guess I would ask why are you interested in one? Durability?

Yes , the durability

@Senna posted:

Not what you’d call a purist, but allowing Baums in wood tourneys is BS. And it isn’t just the pop on barrelled balls, but how they allow even non-squared balls to get places they never would off a maple....

That’s one of the cons. Want something where that can’t happen and you have to square the ball up perfectly. What’s the most durable non-baum?

@2025prospect posted:

Yes , the durability

Demarini makes some wood/composite bats that are worth looking at. The nice thing about them is that they have different turns to choose from. That said my son played in a college league last summer. He has a pretty big swing so we have always went with, and already had, a Demarini composite. So we took a chance and bought a Victus bat with the ProPact finish. To my surprise that bat made it through the summer, and that was facing a few pitchers throwing mid 90's. The kid ended up letting some of his teammates use the Demarini they were going through so many bat's. I'm a big fan of Victus bats.

@2025prospect posted:

That’s one of the cons. Want something where that can’t happen and you have to square the ball up perfectly. What’s the most durable non-baum?

IMO, you get what you pay for. I see kids breaking $50-75 bats a lot. My son has been using the Victus Pro Reserve JC24 for a couple years and has only broken one, and that was in BP because the coach was forcing them to hit oppo and kept jamming him.

My kid uses the victus axe handle. He had 3 over 3 years. Only one broke as he got jammed. I am impressed with the quality. I got lucky, I only had to pay full price for just one of them as it was needed urgently. The other two were purchased used or with a 25% off coupon

It's the Indian not the Arrow. Baseball is mental so if it feels good to him then then let him use one.

Very durable but they do break sometimes, son used one for several years during his wood bat tournament days and summer wood bat league and liked it. I think he went through two bats in about 3-4 years. 

In my opinion the Baum is only for durability, cage work and BP.  Not saying they are not good in live action but the only reason I personally would buy one is for practice work.  Just last week my son broke his maple bat in BP...there goes another $100 up in flames.  

My son broke 2 regular wood bats in one summer game last year...$150 down the tubes....Baum was legal in the league so this year I got him a 34" Baum for cage work and in another league if legal...Came with a 7 month warranty so well worth the $230 plus they engraved his name on it...

Older son is a contact hitter and loves his Baum bat.  Used the white and then the gold.  Loved the balanced feel,  similar to his Rawlings Velo.  He has hit with it for a couple of years.

Younger son is a power hitter and hated the Baum bat.  He likes end loaded bats. He used the Marucci AP5 hybrid and loved it.  He broke 3 of them, not worth the $$$. Got two of them cheap because they were discontinuing the stock.  Switched to the Marucci Bringer of Rain wood bat and hasn't broken one yet, 6+ months and hits with it every day.

Baum now offers an end loaded option but I'm not signing up for a maybe. Your mileage may vary.

I forgot to add that there are several power hitters on younger son's team that use the Baum bat because they can swing a longer wood bat.  Moving to a balanced 34" does have some advantages.