Wood bat recommendations for WWBA

Get a few nice Maple 271s and junior should be set. If you want to play it really safe go with the 110. Obviously 243s would probably have the best chance of breaking. Hope this helps.

Edit: You're asking about wood composite bats. My experience is that a well made maple bat will have a lot more juice than a composite wood. Apologies for not being able to properly answer your question.

B-MoreBeast posted:

Get a few nice Maple 271s and junior should be set. If you want to play it really safe go with the 110. Obviously 243s would probably have the best chance of breaking. Hope this helps.

Edit: You're asking about wood composite bats. My experience is that a well made maple bat will have a lot more juice than a composite wood. Apologies for not being able to properly answer your question.

No apology necessary - you're helping me - thanks!

I got a Chandler Bat at an amazing price (25% of retail) and to be honest while it is more durable than the Marucci or Louisville Slugger, a barreled ball with any of the bats won't be much different than any other wood bat. Find a turning model that your son feels most comfortable with and then some quality lumber in that model. To this day the best wood I've ever swung (even better than Chandler and Marucci haha) is a Louisville M9 C271 that was turned differently than any 271 I've ever swung. The bat just felt so natural in my hands and its balance fit my swing perfectly. I paid about $30 for that bat (eBay is the way to go sometimes) and it was amazing. With wood find what you like and get that nice piece of wood and you're ready to rock and roll. Good luck in Jupiter.

B-MoreBeast posted:

I got a Chandler Bat at an amazing price (25% of retail) and to be honest while it is more durable than the Marucci or Louisville Slugger, a barreled ball with any of the bats won't be much different than any other wood bat. Find a turning model that your son feels most comfortable with and then some quality lumber in that model. To this day the best wood I've ever swung (even better than Chandler and Marucci haha) is a Louisville M9 C271 that was turned differently than any 271 I've ever swung. The bat just felt so natural in my hands and its balance fit my swing perfectly. I paid about $30 for that bat (eBay is the way to go sometimes) and it was amazing. With wood find what you like and get that nice piece of wood and you're ready to rock and roll. Good luck in Jupiter.

Good info - thanks again!

Better Baseball (I'm assuming we're talking WWBA at LakePoint) in Marietta used to carry Old Hickory x-outs (blems of one kind or another) for $50.  Great bats, but I can't find them on either website now though, so they may have quit selling them.

Still a good place to be aware of if you need extra lumber during an LP tournament.

Yes - the 14U & 15U WWBA's @ LakePoint. Will be at East Cobb this weekend so I will check out the selection at Better Baseball. Thanks!

I'm not sure any of those composite bats are legal - EXCEPT the Baum, which I know is legal... Check to see...

Bolts-Coach-PR posted:

I'm not sure any of those composite bats are legal - EXCEPT the Baum, which I know is legal... Check to see...

All of the ones listed are PG approved. From what I was told, they allowed more composite bats this year. 

Here's a vote for BAUM Bats....Kid loves it, has had it for almost a year now (though he's not a 'bat breaker'-lead off hitter w/ a little pop), lots of kids on the team used it often and liked it as well.

I think it depends on the kid.  My son used to swing a 271.  But as he grew, he moved to an ash Louisville M110.  I do wonder about the maple, but he loves the ash bat and has been using the same model for close to 3 years.  At $40 each, he can afford to break a few.