What Bats are Y'all Using?

My son is using a 34/31 2104 Easton S-1. 

My 13 yr olds swing a 33" DiMarini Voodoo  (not sure the year) they love them.  They are a bit of an anomaly though.  Big for their age (6'1" 200 lbs) going into high school I wanted them to be used to the BBCOR so they settled on this and love it. 

My 14U incoming freshman is swinging a 33/30 2017 Demarini Zen in games.  Batting practice he uses a 33/30 Marucci Cutch 22 wood.

15U Freshman swinging a 32/29 Axe Avenge BBCOR and a 32/29 Axe Mookie Betts wood bat.  Awesome bats....

roothog66 posted:

My son is using a 34/31 2104 Easton S-1. 

Isn't it worn out?

2017 Rawlings Velo 33/30 6’ 180”.  Son loves the balance and has good pop.  Good and bad is that it is a 1 piece on purpose.  If you hit the sweet spot you don’t lose power from the connector but if you mishit it you will get stung for immediate feedback.  Kinda like a metal wood bat.  A lot of college players swing metal barreled bats, either 1 or 2 piece.  Most often seen bats, Marucci, Voodoo, LS metal barrels, Easton metal barrels.  

Ok, here's a question: Why do most college players use bats with metal barrels but a lot of high school players use bats with composite barrels? Is metal better vs composite? why?

My HS players  all swing a 33/30.  We didn't find much success going to 32/29, but some with use that for faster pitchers.  

My 2020 swung both the Slugger 915 and Slugger 918 this spring.

This summer he’ll swing either a Marrucci, Old Hickory or Tucci, depending on the one that has hits in it at the time. :-)

My kid is using a 32 inch beaver bat 271 wood for his school league that he claims has lost it pop and a 32 in LS 517 bbcor that he uses in tourneys  as I got it for like 50 bucks and I am cheap. I am looking to get the easton 33" 2014 S1 as root stated it is a really hot bat. 

Big Taco posted:

Ok, here's a question: Why do most college players use bats with metal barrels but a lot of high school players use bats with composite barrels? Is metal better vs composite? why?

I don't believe composite bats are permitted in College.

AD2018 posted:

Big Taco posted:

Ok, here's a question: Why do most college players use bats with metal barrels but a lot of high school players use bats with composite barrels? Is metal better vs composite? why?

I don't believe composite bats are permitted in College.

Composites are legal as long as they are BBCOR. To answer the OP, though, since BBCOR was implemented, composites have no clear advantage over one piece alloys.

https://www.ncaa.org/sites/def...rotocol_20171009.pdf

Big Taco posted:

Ok, here's a question: Why do most college players use bats with metal barrels but a lot of high school players use bats with composite barrels? Is metal better vs composite? why?

I believe that in this regard, as with about 90% of choices that adolescents and young adults make, the #1 influence on decision-making is the actions & opinions of their peers.  If the best power hitter on the team gets that idea that a certain bat is hot, that spreads to the rest of the team, whether it's true or not.

34/31 Omaha 518

roothog66 posted:

https://www.ncaa.org/sites/def...rotocol_20171009.pdf

Thanks. I was good until I saw  [𝑒𝑛 = 𝑒𝑒 − 𝑒𝑒 + 𝑒], it like speaking in Klingonese

57special posted:

HS player is using  2018 33/30 Easton Hybrid. Loves it. Still takes BP with a wooden bat, as he has for years now. 

14U player started out using a two piece Louisville 718 -5 USA bat, but has dropped it for his brother's old 2016 32/29 Velo. He likes the balance a lot more, and seems to be hitting better with it. Ball seems to be  faster off the bat, and there doesn't seem to be any less distance. He also likes the feedback of the one piece metal. The USA -5's aren't very popular. Most kids have them, but are using a BBCOR instead.

Quoting myself;

Just finished talking to my Senior HS'er, and he said he's never been so happy with his bat situation. He's had a(BBCOR) 2015 Easton S1, 2016 Velo, Easton Z core (two), and finally a Easton Hybrid. Uses his Louisville wood as much as he can in practice and wooden bat tournaments. Is looking forward to using Sambats in college...they have a very good rep.

14U just hit a triple 325' on the fly up here in the cooler air of the upper midwest with  the Velo referenced above. I can't see him hitting any further unless it gets hot and humid...he's 145 lbs. soaking wet. I was going to buy a new Velo, which is supposed to be more or less the same as a 2016, but at this point I don't think I would be able to get him to swing it. The Louisville drop 5 USA bat is just gathering dust at this point.

Metal for HS - Dimarini Vodoo BBCOR 33/30 has both 2015 and 2017 versions. 

Wood for summer - Chandler and Old Hickory 34 inch

BP - swings 34 in wood bat mostly and also works with a 35 in wood in cages. 

My 16u sophomore uses rawlings quatro 33/30 . Tons of pop, big barrel but poor durability