New BBCOR Bats

Welcome. This has been discussed quite a bit here is a recent thread with quite a bit of info already at your fingertips.

Best BBCOR?

Also may want to check the hitting forum. There is quite a bit on the subject there too.

would bet my son would vote NEITHER, if you had the box.

best acceptance we've seen locally:
Marucci Cat5
Anderson Ignite, son has $92 in his (similar to Ripit)
new Omaha
Ripit Recert for players that like an endloaded bat

3 bats I have heard the most positive feedback are:

Rip-It
5150
Marucci Black

I've heard great things so far about the:

http://bbcorbatguide.com/revie...ro-bbcor-bat-review/ Nike M1 Aero (Quality not quantity for Nike)
http://bbcorbatguide.com/revie...id-bbcor-bat-review/ Louisville Slugger Exogrid (supposedly a Baseball Express exclusive)
http://bbcorbatguide.com/reviews/demarini-cf-5/ DeMarini CF5 (Lots of pop for BBCOR)

Many college programs are NIKE schools. They have always used NIKE from nearly everything. Nike realized it's BBCOR bat was not producing rave notices. They allowed the colleges they sponsor to use other bats this year.

That said, these colleges started testing bats. Two brands became the choice for nearly every college involved. One is a well established name in Baseball, the other somewhat new to the metal bat world but very big these days in wood bats.

Looks like the top NIKE college programs, after testing all the available bats, determined that they will use one of two brands. I can't say which brands they are. Seriously, I really can't.

However, I think it will become very obvious once the college baseball season gets going. Many people will be surprised! The marketing didn't matter, the players and teams made their choice after testing them all.

For what its worth in my little corner of the world the three Rawlings bats are growing in popularity: $199 5150, $249 Velo 5150, $299 Machine. Helps that USC uses 'em I'm sure.

My son used to really like Easton product. Picked up the Marucci Black and absolutely loves it. Says it is the only thing for him that he has used that is anywhere close to the old bats.

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Originally posted by PGStaff:One is a well established name in Baseball, the other somewhat new to the metal bat world but very big these days in wood bats.

THe Marucci Cat 5 is a great bat. Haven't heard great reviews of the Black one, though.

Demarini seems to be the other favorite with my kids.

The Rawlings 5150 is in a distant 3rd.

Rip-its and a Kelley round out our dugout.

Shockingly no one is very fond of anything from TPX or Easton, the 2 best BESR companies in my mind.

I asked my son today who used the BESR CF4 last year and who is using the Rawlings BBCOR Machine this year which bat he likes better. He said he would choose the Rawlings Machine over the CF4.

We had a chance to demo both Marucci bats (Cat 5 and Black) and all 6 Eastons. Absolutely no comparison. The Eastons were no where close to Marucci as far as performance (all demo'd at the same field so it was easy to see how they performed) The Cat 5 was also the favorite over the Black. We got a team deal thru Marucci and ordered 21...20 Cat 5's and 1 Black. Since they came in, I know there are at least 20 more on the way for teammates of kids who had got them with us.

I've swung the rip-it and the easton s1 s2 s3.
easton s2 is my favorite followed by the s1. Rip it has a more end loaded wood bat type feel and I think the eastons feel very similar to the stealth's. Also, Ididn't swing bbcor last year and they don't seem to be as bad as what everyone told me.

Son has 5150 and S1 in different lengths. He grabs the longer S1 unless pitcher is throwing super gas. The S1 has amazing pop and about 50% of our HS team has them.

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Originally posted by Buckeye 2015:
We had a chance to demo both Marucci bats (Cat 5 and Black) and all 6 Eastons. Absolutely no comparison. The Eastons were no where close to Marucci as far as performance (all demo'd at the same field so it was easy to see how they performed) The Cat 5 was also the favorite over the Black. We got a team deal thru Marucci and ordered 21...20 Cat 5's and 1 Black. Since they came in, I know there are at least 20 more on the way for teammates of kids who had got them with us.

My son loves his Marucci Cat 5 and tried out the Marucci Black and said he liked the Cat 5 better. Good to hear since the Cat 5 is $199 compared to the $299 or so for the Black

Neither, so far with a couple of weeks of practice under his belt, my hs freshman son likes his new Louisville Slugger Exogrid. We will see what kind of
results he gets when hs season starts next week.