California HS players

GA/SC Diamond, I have seen in the college ranks in Texas use TPX Omaha black bat, DeMarini Voodoo 2pc white, Easton Surge. Teams using these bats where due to sponsorships but players liked the response they were getting from the bat although the pop is not quite there as bats (BESR) were before. I've been to TCU vs CSF and watched FSU vs Hofstra. Manufacturers are coming out with bats monthly.....don't start looking now, wait till mid-late Aug. I'm sure that new more responsive bats will be hitting (no pun) the market due to all HS teams will have to convert over to the BBCOR bats.

I found this on another Message board. My son liked the surge the best out of all the BBCOR bats he used.


The 2011 season brings some significant changes to the college game with the introduction of the new BBCOR performance standard. While this new batted-ball limit is meant to bring bat designs in-line with wood-like performance levels, Easton is once again leading the charge in terms of on field production and performance.

A few points on our early success:

· Heading into last weekend, Easton had more sponsored teams in the Baseball America top 25 poll than any other bat manufacturer (7), including the top 2 teams in the rankings – #1 Florida, #2 UCLA, #4 TCU, #11 Clemson, #17 California, #20 LSU, and #21 Texas A&M

· Based on accumulated stats of the top 25 teams for the first two weeks of the season, Easton leads all of the competition with regards to Home Runs per at bat. Easton teams are hitting a home run once every 44 at bats (Nike and H&B are once in every 52 at bats, DeMarini is once in every 70 at bats, and Rawlings is once in every 98 at bats). To put this in perspective, the home run rate is dramatically down from 2010. The same 7 Easton teams that are currently in the 2011 poll averaged a home run once in every 30 at bats in 2010. While Home Run rates are way down with the new standard, Easton is still out-slugging the competition.

· It's not all about power. The accumulated stats also show that Easton teams are getting more hits. The combined batting average of the Easton teams in the poll is .320 (Nike and Rawlings are at .304, DeMarini is at .301, and H&B teams are hitting .299). With this new BBCOR standard, where it is harder to get ground balls through the infield and fly balls are dying on the warning track, number of hits is a truly telling sign.

· Another huge stat to point out in the new performance world is slugging percentage (based on total bases). Once again, Easton leads the competition with a combined slugging percentage of .475 (Nike = .451, DeMarini = .442, H&B = .431, and Rawlings = .412). Although home runs may be down, the Easton Surge and Rival BBCOR bats are lining more shots into gaps for doubles and triples. This adds up to more total bases and more wins.

Are the Easton numbers higher because of the bats or because they've managed to snag the better teams?

Maybe a little bit of both. I know my son like the surge the best after swinging Demarini, rawlings,Easton and L.S/H.B. South Carolina left Easton and went to Rawlings because they didnt like the BBCOR test bats they recieved early on and they won it all last year . All the bat companys were makeing adjustments on the feedback from their teams early on.

Does anyone know what the overall D1 slugging percentage is versus last years? It would be interesting to know all of the measurables between BECR last year and BBCOR this year- HR's, total runs, era, etc...I'm sure someone is tracking it somewhere.