I know you have a lot of BBCOR viewers, but I am so here for the wood bat content. There are so many turn models and wood bat companies and your videos always give a great starting point before purchase. Appreciate all that you do boss.
I've bought a couple of those bats and had two with some great pop and the other two felt like dead waterlogged wood maybe there is something to looking at the clean straight grain of the wood.
The grain on this cheap ash is way better than any I was ever able to find in a store. Of course, I was just going to my local Big5 and they only ever had a few to choose from. Eventually I gave up and just went with a composite.
You can save yourself a lot of money just by knowing what to look for in the wood, and the cheaper bats generally only have a clear coat which makes this easier. Lots of thinner grains means denser, more mature wood that will (generally) have a bit more power, while wider grains will be softer, younger wood with potentially slightly less power but be a bit more durable.
If you are talking Ash specifically wider grains are much more durable than those with more grains per square inch and will last longer, because the wood is stronger. I have one with 8 grains and it's been a workhorse. Have also had some with more than twice as many grains and have broken very, very quickly. The price is the same by model so you're better off hunting for the bats with fewer grains. I can't say if this is true for maple and birch but I've had one birch bat and it broke in game #1.
As a guitarist I’m obsessed with maple. The tighter grains can equal a northern maple vs southern. As well a colder climate will produce tighter grain. I assume ash for bats would be northern ash which is very hard and heavy. Grain seems to less relevant on ash. I’d say straighter grain is better always. No knots allowed.
@@davidemmons3965 I've seen some mixed opinions on wide vs tight grains over the years. I think for anyone looking for a cheap bat the #1 most important thing is that the grains are straight. Uneven grains make weak spots and inconsistent vibration that can make it snap prematurely.
in high school i broke my $150 wood in a game. went to dicks right after and got the $40 louisville as an emergency bat. it was so good that i ended up only swinging them for the rest of the summer
Days ago I went to a dicks and found 2 more rake bats for $69 each. bought my first rake bat in early April and have used it in games and in yellow ball cages, it has not broken yet it’s astonishing
@@hankd7914yeah you’re lucky guys on my team keep buying them idk why lol meanwhile I’ve had my Victus birch bat for 3years cages and all still standing go birch wood
An agronomist buddy told me that Ash is coming back because we now have pesticides that work on the Emerald Ash Borer. Those bugs took out generations of ash forests for baseball bat use, but some of the newer planted stuff that’s been ash-borer free has started to mature to where they can be forested and milled into bats. Perhaps Slugger has some of this stuff that would have been used in higher grade bats handy now.
Interesting! And with everyone and their mother using other wood types or composites now I bet there's a hell of a lot more good Ash available than in the 90's when MLB was sucking up all the good stuff! Edit: For the kids who don't know, Barry Bonds was the first to popularize Maple around the turn of the century. And Birch has gained a lot of popularity relatively recently. Before that it was all Ash all the time until you go back to ye olden times when the likes of Ruth were swinging Hickory logs.
I'm newer to pro Baseball, but I am a swordsman. Polearms are typically made with ash handles, ash is very springy while being sturdy. I imagine the springiness of ash is why that bat hit so hard. But, at the end of the day, I know shit about trees
Bat performance is always gonna be relative to whoever is swinging it, but everyone should experience a similar % difference between good bats and bad bats. These 5 bats just happen to all be GREAT bats lol. Price doesn't always reflect performance.
Will has also become some kind of an expert on these bats and has done a great job!. Some bats people will like more than others and so he has to take that into account when doing these reviews.
I think what actually happened is the price gap between the “high” and “low” grade wood has broadened in the last 4 years. Those cheaper bats haven’t changed in price but the signature models are up nearly $50. Went from $110-$130 to $160-$200.
I had a teammate in HS hockey 10+ years ago, everyone on the team had $150-200 composite sticks and he had $20 sherwoods and said "sure my stick might break 3x a season, but it's just as good as yours" and that $40 bat reminded me of that.
@@jankfoots Good players always used wood/hybrid sticks until the manufacturers basically stopped making them (at high quality). Sidney Crosby used to use a composite/wood 2-piece the first ~4-5 years in the NHL until the sponsor he was with stopped making them lmao.
My son's first year playing summer collegiate wood bat league, I paid big bucks for a Louisville Slugger Prime 110 turn model in birch. Lasted less than 2 games before shattering. Replaced it with a Rawlings "Big Stick Elite" for $60 less. That thing hit bombs for almost 3 seasons.
A new bat madness of any kind would be amazing Will. I am not going to lie, I have rewatched the olds one over and over again. Do all of them in one hybrids composites and alloy in a 64 bat tourney. That would truly be peak madness!!!!!!
The peeps at 13:08. So cool about it. Can’t tell, but it looks like they left the drapes open and watched you hit some more. That’s awesome! If it was me i’d walk out on the balcony and holler out if i can take some “daddy hacks” lol.
For anyone curious, those $40 bats from LS oftentimes were made for specific MLB players. I broke one last year that was supposed to be used by Kyle Schwarber but wasn’t up to par with what he wanted out of the bat. So LS decided to just sell the bat rather than lose out on the money. If you go to the LS Factory, you might just get lucky to find one.
This is a great video. As an ex proplayer, i loved birch. I think explaining the main difference between ash, maple, and birch was necessary for the general public. I think for an experienced wood bat hitter, any bat will do it, the main difference is durability and flexibility. Love ur swing and timing btw
Fun fact: the Marucci gamer wood bats are just a big pool of all of the turn models like the AP5 or the cutch, etc. but they didn’t meet quality standards. So they just paint em all back and slap the gamer tag on em lmao. You can literally get any turn model if you know what your looking for 😁😂
I bought the Marucci pro model which is exactly what you said. Just a bunch of turn models that didn’t make it to the big leagues. I specifically looked for one that looked like the AM22 model
I wish you could do another bat testing video w/ four or five of the $40 bats randomly picked up from different stores, so that we knew whether it was just a fluke that you happened to buy a good one or whether the bat quality was universally consistent.
More wood bat content again brother! I had a Old Rawlings Ash Big Stick. I felt out all of them in the store and then finally found one with nicer straight and wide thick ash grains and I picked that one. Lasted me 14 years! Anyone looking at Ash bats, look for wide and straight grains leading up to the end of the bat. If they are thin and have a lot of grains and they are crooked then keep looking.
When I was about 32 years old I almost hit one out of Comera Park in Detroit batting under the lights with Dave Rozema pitching BP. I hit the warning track and I used a rock maple bat I got and I know it wasn't much over $100-$120 at the time. This was 2014.
I'm in my 40s and haven't played baseball since little league. I don't even watch or keep up with baseball. However, I love every video that is posted on this channel. Keep it up guys!
I’m 50+, probably watch because I have a son who plays but also because I love baseball and hitting . This is one of the best BBB’s of all time. This video opened my eyes to wood bats while also making me chuckle. Love it
$40 Ash Louisville Slugger was the only bat my son wanted to swing through his teen travel ball years. Swing weight was consistent, quality was always about the same and you can find them at any retail store so there was never a problem getting one. The bat hasn’t changed over the last 8 year in looks, quality or accessibility. It’s a win for any parent. It really doesn’t matter the wood bat while learning how to square a ball with wood. They’re going to break alot of them.
The main drawback to the random non pro cut bats is that it seems to be a gamble on the bat is quality/density and weight distribution. Where as the pro cut bat are sure to be great wood and u can choose the pro model that gives u the weight distribution u want.
@@dexterity___ I had a free bat I used for over 2 seasons it was my only bat it. It finally broke and I ordered 3 more of the same bat got it for so cheap because no one likes the model. Like $90 for three bats That $40 dollar bat was a buy while I was waiting for the 3 replacements. I still have all the replacements a decade later.
It’s not the bat it’s the hitter, and it’s great that there is a range of bat prices. The people who buy the nicer expensive looking bats pay for the companies to sell cheaper models and still make money. Great video showing that all wood bats will get it done.
Fast forward years later, this guy runs the entire baseball market. So many kids watch this guy and follow his reviews to heart, even tho at the end of the day theres a check invovled and a bias, no matter how small or slick it is
Great work bro, your swing mechanics on the apartment shot must've been spot on!! As a guy with a similar build as you but not using these great swing mechanics can you do a video one day explaining all your techniques from start to finish and any swing thoughts you have when trying to hit your biggest bombs? I'm sure there's a lot of subscribers like myself that could really benefit from your pointers as you've clearly perfected the swing especially on your moon shots.
Woo buddy, what a first exposure to a full video of yours/y'all's. Started getting recommended your shorts recently and have loved them, but then had this recommended. Absolutely incredible, y'all rip 🤙
I like your content, it's usually very informative and to the point As a weekend amateur in pickup games, there would be no shame in getting 4 of the $40 bats, and enjoying the weekend If you're in competition play from high school to semi-pro, you might pay more for the durability But this video has proven that for wood bats, unless at professional level testing standards, price is relative, and weight and feel are the most important factors
Picked my 11 year old up a Rake for his birthday a month ago so I was looking forward to seeing this review. It's been a great bat so far and he hits it better at times than his other alloy bats.
hi i am new to the channel and really enjoying it. i’m 47 so we are about the same age. I was wondering if swinging that hard hurts your back.i havent been able to swing in years.thank you
😂 you aren’t being totally fair to Will here. It definitely is hard to tell age. He is about 37-40 if I had to guess so he probably has a few more years of that high leg kick!
My first wood bat was the Louisville $40 Ash. Broke it after about 100 swings because I was all over the place with my swing (I hit with EVERY part of the barrel). My follow-up was a bamboo bat for about $100 that I love.
Great video, so my kid was gaming a 2022 voodoo 1 that I had to buy custom cause they where all sold out, this Christmas he got a Stinger Gaurdian, the other day at batting practice he decided to use the Gaurdian and for the first time ever he hit not only 1 but 2 balls over the fence, can you please do a video on 2022 voodoo one vs the Guardian
My son loves his Stinger Guardian BBCOR. Just smashes with it. I have no idea why anyone would pay $350 for The Goods 1-piece. The Guardian is better and is marked down to $100 on Amazon right now. Insane bargain!
@DEValentine yeah I'm not to happy paying I think about $400 for a custom voodoo one and I think the Gaurdian was on sale for $129.00 when we got it, at least we haven't had any end cap or knob problems with the custom voodoo
@DEValentine he also has a Stinger Nuke and the ball sails when he can get ahold of it , he just seems to better with a more balanced bat and the Gaurdian is just in between the voodoo one and the Nuke
@@ryanc4223 -- I got my son a Voodoo One for his college freshman season in '21. Knob came off halfway through the season. He finished that season with his 2019 Rawling Velo from high school. Hit just as well with it. (Now prefers bats with more endload.) There is no magic in the Voodoo One. It's a fine bat--when it's not broken. I suspect a competent college hitter who likes balanced bats would hit just as well with a Stinger Missile 3 or Rawlings Mach AI.
I bought the $40 bat at my Academy, because like many people, I love the sound and feel of a wood bat! So all I got was the baby blue version of the “genuine” and put some white lizard skins tape on it! This video shows that money can be spent on expensive stuff, yet there is a cheaper option that performs just as good!!!
Would love to see a comparison of the same model of wood bat! You mentioned you might have just picked up a one in a million super hot bat, why not buy 5/6 of them from different places and find out?
I just got the Axe composite bat off of Amazon to use in my men’s league. I also have the Baum Bat gold, but wanted to try the Axe bat. Would love to see you try this Axe bat as there weren’t many videos online about them!
Love your wood bat videos. You guys are so much fun and are destroyer of baseballs. I’ve always tried saying this to youth players, a lot of these woods are excellent and feel great, especially the balanced woods, it’s just things happen, bats break
Best wood bat I've ever used was the Easton B2000. Bout 60 bucks when I got it. It's an Ash bat which I know isn't the most durable but man that bat was awesome. Never broke on me, hit my first home run with it. Still have it today 8 years later
I would love to see you guys review an Outlaw Bat. All sorts of models available with customization for under $100. I swing a birch 73 model in 34/30 from them and I love it.
I have the 32" LS bat and it's the heaviest of the 4 I have at 934 grams! I have a 34" Marucci at 889 grams, 33" Victus maple 863 grams & 33" B45 Birch at 845 grams. That's a pretty big difference in weight! And you can feel it!
My HS kid who gets 90mph ev with aluminum breaking 2 Rawlings 70$ wood bats in a month. They werent even terrible swings. Obviously this man is extremely skilled at finding barrels. Thanks for the great content Gents!
I personally have the Marucci Gamer, picked it up at dicks saw the 80$ price tag and thought it was a steal for a maple bat. I use it in my mens leauge and batting cages with baseballs at 90 mph holds up great. Ive hit it off the end of the bat where i thought it for sure shouldve broke but no damage. Overall for 80$ solid bat if its your first wood bat.
Will, what are your thoughts on the 110 turn model? I thought 110 turns are even more balanced that the 271's. Supposedly 110 is a good choice if you're transitioning from BBCOR to wood.
@@baseballbatbros -- Interesting you say that. My son seems to prefer stiff bats. Loves his Stinger Guardian and the Easton Encore BBCOR (a two-piece you rated poorly in part because it's so stiff). He gamed a 271 turn wood bat for a while. Hit well with it. But gravitated back to the 110s because he likes the feel of it. Stiffness of the 110 turn probably explains his preference.
2:54 #FlyAway ⚾ 13:00 & 13:07 That ball was well struck. That Baum bat is for real. 13:02 I like how Will was about to haul ass if he actually struck a window. You got so lucky. 👍🏻
I'm a huge fan of your wood bat reviews. absolutely love the content!!! I myself play in an adult league. I would like to see you do a review on one of the bats i personally use. it's a Mizuno 340465 Bamboo Classic MZB 243. i swing 33's. I'll leave a link below to where you can find the bat, if you do get to one. I personally prefer maple, broke it out this season and truly have been impressed. my favorite thing I love the most is you don't feel the recoil of the hit on your hands.
I had the lousiville ash bat for a cage bat and tee bat, the minute I used it on the field I realized the juice it had, it did eventually break but great bat for $40.
when you hit the apartment it reminded me of when I hit a ball in a little league park so far that it hit the top of a massive tree and bounced off of it and was inches away from smashing someones car windshield 😅 it was with an graphite/carbon composite j series easton bat
Accidentally bought the rake thinking it was a remake of the gamer cuz I’ve swung that every summer for four years and loved it not realizing it was a “cage bat”. Swings fine only difference I’ve noticed is it has a smaller barrel profile which obviously has its downsides for getting barrels
I’ll do one sit up for every like this comment gets
I'll do two for every dislike
Ill do three for every sub i get
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I love sit ups I’ll do I’m with ya
@@Colliholic you cant see dislikes tho
I know you have a lot of BBCOR viewers, but I am so here for the wood bat content. There are so many turn models and wood bat companies and your videos always give a great starting point before purchase. Appreciate all that you do boss.
Agreed
Legit
Im always waiting for a wood video to drop cuz they the best
Wood > BBCOR
Totally agree with you!!! There’s no sound or feeling like a wood bat!!
Now you need to buy 3-4 $40 bats and see if you can notice a difference. Maybe the higher price tag is just quality control!
That's a huge part. Grains vary wildly on cheaper bats.
I agree, it’s a wood billet, turned.
Yes!!!!
I've bought a couple of those bats and had two with some great pop and the other two felt like dead waterlogged wood maybe there is something to looking at the clean straight grain of the wood.
The grain on this cheap ash is way better than any I was ever able to find in a store. Of course, I was just going to my local Big5 and they only ever had a few to choose from. Eventually I gave up and just went with a composite.
13:08 Shoutout to those two people for being chill about it!
they probably came out like "how the hell did this guy hit a ball so far"
My question is why is there an apartment building so close to a baseball field?
@@Williewill05 free baseball is the incentive to rent. the windows are ball-proof.
@@Williewill05it’s made to over look the games I believe. There are many like that
@@Williewill05thats same question for the warehouse behind camden yards
Augusta apartment resident: "Look honey, we got batting practice going on.....oh crap, it's Will with a Baum bat, RUN."
when I saw SRP Park i lost my shit actually. i live 10 minutes from there.
You can save yourself a lot of money just by knowing what to look for in the wood, and the cheaper bats generally only have a clear coat which makes this easier. Lots of thinner grains means denser, more mature wood that will (generally) have a bit more power, while wider grains will be softer, younger wood with potentially slightly less power but be a bit more durable.
If you are talking Ash specifically wider grains are much more durable than those with more grains per square inch and will last longer, because the wood is stronger. I have one with 8 grains and it's been a workhorse. Have also had some with more than twice as many grains and have broken very, very quickly. The price is the same by model so you're better off hunting for the bats with fewer grains. I can't say if this is true for maple and birch but I've had one birch bat and it broke in game #1.
Just buy a birch bat mines going 3years strong from American batsmith n victus
As a guitarist I’m obsessed with maple. The tighter grains can equal a northern maple vs southern. As well a colder climate will produce tighter grain. I assume ash for bats would be northern ash which is very hard and heavy. Grain seems to less relevant on ash. I’d say straighter grain is better always. No knots allowed.
@@davidemmons3965 I've seen some mixed opinions on wide vs tight grains over the years. I think for anyone looking for a cheap bat the #1 most important thing is that the grains are straight. Uneven grains make weak spots and inconsistent vibration that can make it snap prematurely.
in high school i broke my $150 wood in a game. went to dicks right after and got the $40 louisville as an emergency bat. it was so good that i ended up only swinging them for the rest of the summer
I loved the feel of mine but I had bad luck and broke two in back to back at bats a couple years ago 😅
My teammate last week hit a 400 ft bomb with it dead center
Just watch. The $40 bat will be priced at $125 tomorrow after everyone watches this video.
Just like what happened with king of juco
😂😂😂
Days ago I went to a dicks and found 2 more rake bats for $69 each. bought my first rake bat in early April and have used it in games and in yellow ball cages, it has not broken yet it’s astonishing
@@sharkbait6834and got pissed stopped advertising it lol hate when companies do that
@@hankd7914yeah you’re lucky guys on my team keep buying them idk why lol meanwhile I’ve had my Victus birch bat for 3years cages and all still standing go birch wood
An agronomist buddy told me that Ash is coming back because we now have pesticides that work on the Emerald Ash Borer. Those bugs took out generations of ash forests for baseball bat use, but some of the newer planted stuff that’s been ash-borer free has started to mature to where they can be forested and milled into bats. Perhaps Slugger has some of this stuff that would have been used in higher grade bats handy now.
I enjoy Ash but it would be hard to go back after hitting with Birch.
Interesting! And with everyone and their mother using other wood types or composites now I bet there's a hell of a lot more good Ash available than in the 90's when MLB was sucking up all the good stuff!
Edit: For the kids who don't know, Barry Bonds was the first to popularize Maple around the turn of the century. And Birch has gained a lot of popularity relatively recently. Before that it was all Ash all the time until you go back to ye olden times when the likes of Ruth were swinging Hickory logs.
I'm newer to pro Baseball, but I am a swordsman. Polearms are typically made with ash handles, ash is very springy while being sturdy. I imagine the springiness of ash is why that bat hit so hard. But, at the end of the day, I know shit about trees
I think Will has gotten to the point where just any bat is good in his hands
Bat performance is always gonna be relative to whoever is swinging it, but everyone should experience a similar % difference between good bats and bad bats. These 5 bats just happen to all be GREAT bats lol. Price doesn't always reflect performance.
@@baseballbatbrosdoes it also depend on where your swinging? Like do you swing different in warmer climate or colder?
Highly agree!! I can remake this video using the exact same bats Will swung, and they will all suck!
@@justinbellman3263 with that mindset they'll suck. Change that mindset and you might surprise yourself.
Will has also become some kind of an expert on these bats and has done a great job!. Some bats people will like more than others and so he has to take that into account when doing these reviews.
I think what actually happened is the price gap between the “high” and “low” grade wood has broadened in the last 4 years. Those cheaper bats haven’t changed in price but the signature models are up nearly $50. Went from $110-$130 to $160-$200.
you should buy some more of the $40 ones and see how consistently good they are
I had a teammate in HS hockey 10+ years ago, everyone on the team had $150-200 composite sticks and he had $20 sherwoods and said "sure my stick might break 3x a season, but it's just as good as yours" and that $40 bat reminded me of that.
Was he any good?
@@jankfoots Good players always used wood/hybrid sticks until the manufacturers basically stopped making them (at high quality). Sidney Crosby used to use a composite/wood 2-piece the first ~4-5 years in the NHL until the sponsor he was with stopped making them lmao.
My son's first year playing summer collegiate wood bat league, I paid big bucks for a Louisville Slugger Prime 110 turn model in birch. Lasted less than 2 games before shattering. Replaced it with a Rawlings "Big Stick Elite" for $60 less. That thing hit bombs for almost 3 seasons.
A new bat madness of any kind would be amazing Will. I am not going to lie, I have rewatched the olds one over and over again. Do all of them in one hybrids composites and alloy in a 64 bat tourney. That would truly be peak madness!!!!!!
+1
Yeah, a massive tournament that is basically 4 in one, 16 bbcor bats, 16 usssa bats, 16 wood bats, and 16 usa bats or smth, then the winners face off
The peeps at 13:08. So cool about it. Can’t tell, but it looks like they left the drapes open and watched you hit some more. That’s awesome!
If it was me i’d walk out on the balcony and holler out if i can take some “daddy hacks” lol.
For anyone curious, those $40 bats from LS oftentimes were made for specific MLB players. I broke one last year that was supposed to be used by Kyle Schwarber but wasn’t up to par with what he wanted out of the bat. So LS decided to just sell the bat rather than lose out on the money. If you go to the LS Factory, you might just get lucky to find one.
No, those models are called “Pro Cuts”, the $40 LS bats are just your run of the mill Ash ones
This is a great video. As an ex proplayer, i loved birch. I think explaining the main difference between ash, maple, and birch was necessary for the general public. I think for an experienced wood bat hitter, any bat will do it, the main difference is durability and flexibility.
Love ur swing and timing btw
The baseball bat bros have helped me learn so much about baseball bats from BBCOR to USSSA to USA. Thank you you inspire me.
Fun fact: the Marucci gamer wood bats are just a big pool of all of the turn models like the AP5 or the cutch, etc. but they didn’t meet quality standards. So they just paint em all back and slap the gamer tag on em lmao. You can literally get any turn model if you know what your looking for 😁😂
I bought one and it is great. But almost all of the other gamer bats at dicks were absolute logs.
I bought the Marucci pro model which is exactly what you said. Just a bunch of turn models that didn’t make it to the big leagues. I specifically looked for one that looked like the AM22 model
That $40 bat was either a unicorn or we need to start stocking up on 5 bats for the price of 1 lol
1:50 the crack of an ash bat. Sounds like my childhood. ❤
I wish you could do another bat testing video w/ four or five of the $40 bats randomly picked up from different stores, so that we knew whether it was just a fluke that you happened to buy a good one or whether the bat quality was universally consistent.
More wood bat content again brother! I had a Old Rawlings Ash Big Stick. I felt out all of them in the store and then finally found one with nicer straight and wide thick ash grains and I picked that one. Lasted me 14 years! Anyone looking at Ash bats, look for wide and straight grains leading up to the end of the bat. If they are thin and have a lot of grains and they are crooked then keep looking.
When I was about 32 years old I almost hit one out of Comera Park in Detroit batting under the lights with Dave Rozema pitching BP. I hit the warning track and I used a rock maple bat I got and I know it wasn't much over $100-$120 at the time. This was 2014.
I'm in my 40s and haven't played baseball since little league. I don't even watch or keep up with baseball. However, I love every video that is posted on this channel. Keep it up guys!
LET'S GO $40 LS!!!! WOOOOOOOO!!!!!
There's just something about the crack of a wood bat vs the ping of a metal that I LOVE.
So much knowledge, thorough testing, genuine observations and the courage to tell it like it really is. Excellent work !
The way your swing has gotten so smooth it’s hard to not want every bat you touch
Hahah the classic “leave everything you own and run” when it hit the sliding door on the balcony 13:08
13:08 they passed the vibe check
I’m 50+, probably watch because I have a son who plays but also because I love baseball and hitting . This is one of the best BBB’s of all time. This video opened my eyes to wood bats while also making me chuckle. Love it
Hey random question but what grip tape brand are they using on those bats?
$40 Ash Louisville Slugger was the only bat my son wanted to swing through his teen travel ball years. Swing weight was consistent, quality was always about the same and you can find them at any retail store so there was never a problem getting one. The bat hasn’t changed over the last 8 year in looks, quality or accessibility. It’s a win for any parent. It really doesn’t matter the wood bat while learning how to square a ball with wood. They’re going to break alot of them.
I use a $40 Louisville Slugger in the cage for BP and it holds up 😁 11:34
💪 💪
The fact that the 40$ bat is hitting the same exit velo as the baum, is crazy...
The main drawback to the random non pro cut bats is that it seems to be a gamble on the bat is quality/density and weight distribution. Where as the pro cut bat are sure to be great wood and u can choose the pro model that gives u the weight distribution u want.
The marruchi gamer maple I use for high school or the cat x2 connect but the wood is actually very nice and I enjoy the control of it barrel
I picked up a $40 dollar Louisville slugger took one swing in game broken bat single
Ended up being a very expensive single
I was using one in an indy season and it lasted over 80 AB only the wood started to split in the barrel after a while, but for 40$ is great
I only used the cheap bats in the batting cage. I would spend probably $80 on a game bat
@@dexterity___ I had a free bat I used for over 2 seasons it was my only bat it. It finally broke and I ordered 3 more of the same bat got it for so cheap because no one likes the model. Like $90 for three bats
That $40 dollar bat was a buy while I was waiting for the 3 replacements. I still have all the replacements a decade later.
I broke my r2k1 and rawlings 325 in about the same amount of time, about a 40$ difference, I think just get what you can afford.
@@rellsogorgeous yep would be nice to
Be able get different models in a $40 price tag to see how the feel of different models
It’s not the bat it’s the hitter, and it’s great that there is a range of bat prices. The people who buy the nicer expensive looking bats pay for the companies to sell cheaper models and still make money. Great video showing that all wood bats will get it done.
King of juco vs will in live ab’s?
Fast forward years later, this guy runs the entire baseball market. So many kids watch this guy and follow his reviews to heart, even tho at the end of the day theres a check invovled and a bias, no matter how small or slick it is
I played a summer in the Cape, Baum bats were the norm!
Yo will I was wondering what woodie you recommend for just slight enload not to much but just a tad
I’m going to be a freshman next year what’s the best bbcor bat I can get?
Atlas
Atlas is the best BBCOR bat for high school
@@baseballbatbros Thanks man, love your content
atlas
I don't normally watch full length videos, but this video was so much fun. I ain't no ball player, but i learned about wood bats today!
Any way you could get your hands on some pro bats and swing them in comparison to these bats and the bats in the last video?
Love you guys! Let me come by sometime and take some hacks!!!
I would not expect this crossover. I love both channels. Make it happen!!
MAVEN SPOTTED lmao I wasn’t expecting that
Great work bro, your swing mechanics on the apartment shot must've been spot on!!
As a guy with a similar build as you but not using these great swing mechanics can you do a video one day explaining all your techniques from start to finish and any swing thoughts you have when trying to hit your biggest bombs?
I'm sure there's a lot of subscribers like myself that could really benefit from your pointers as you've clearly perfected the swing especially on your moon shots.
“There wood bats guys. They’re all trees!” Put it on a t-shirt. Lmao
Woo buddy, what a first exposure to a full video of yours/y'all's. Started getting recommended your shorts recently and have loved them, but then had this recommended. Absolutely incredible, y'all rip 🤙
You can get lucky and unlucky at any price point. I’ve had an AM22 break in one swing, and a $40 Louisville last 2 years. Go by feel, and buy in store
I like your content, it's usually very informative and to the point As a weekend amateur in pickup games, there would be no shame in getting 4 of the $40 bats, and enjoying the weekend
If you're in competition play from high school to semi-pro, you might pay more for the durability
But this video has proven that for wood bats, unless at professional level testing standards, price is relative, and weight and feel are the most important factors
How do they BUNT?!
v important question
I like your style dude
My grains are straight but tilted to the right a bit i dont know if thats normal as its m first wood should i return before use?
WARSTICWOOD BATS R UNDERRATED
lol they are all the same as long as its the same turn model.
Picked my 11 year old up a Rake for his birthday a month ago so I was looking forward to seeing this review. It's been a great bat so far and he hits it better at times than his other alloy bats.
I’ll do one push up for every like this comment gets
Love the wood bat vids. Especially for us older folks
Hey what’s the name of the app that he have to track the speed bar. And the exit velocity. ????
hi i am new to the channel and really enjoying it. i’m 47 so we are about the same age. I was wondering if swinging that hard hurts your back.i havent been able to swing in years.thank you
😂 you aren’t being totally fair to Will here. It definitely is hard to tell age. He is about 37-40 if I had to guess so he probably has a few more years of that high leg kick!
My first wood bat was the Louisville $40 Ash. Broke it after about 100 swings because I was all over the place with my swing (I hit with EVERY part of the barrel). My follow-up was a bamboo bat for about $100 that I love.
Great video, so my kid was gaming a 2022 voodoo 1 that I had to buy custom cause they where all sold out, this Christmas he got a Stinger Gaurdian, the other day at batting practice he decided to use the Gaurdian and for the first time ever he hit not only 1 but 2 balls over the fence, can you please do a video on 2022 voodoo one vs the Guardian
My son loves his Stinger Guardian BBCOR. Just smashes with it.
I have no idea why anyone would pay $350 for The Goods 1-piece. The Guardian is better and is marked down to $100 on Amazon right now. Insane bargain!
Oh and I also forgot to mention that both bats are 33in
@DEValentine yeah I'm not to happy paying I think about $400 for a custom voodoo one and I think the Gaurdian was on sale for $129.00 when we got it, at least we haven't had any end cap or knob problems with the custom voodoo
@DEValentine he also has a Stinger Nuke and the ball sails when he can get ahold of it , he just seems to better with a more balanced bat and the Gaurdian is just in between the voodoo one and the Nuke
@@ryanc4223 -- I got my son a Voodoo One for his college freshman season in '21. Knob came off halfway through the season. He finished that season with his 2019 Rawling Velo from high school. Hit just as well with it. (Now prefers bats with more endload.)
There is no magic in the Voodoo One. It's a fine bat--when it's not broken. I suspect a competent college hitter who likes balanced bats would hit just as well with a Stinger Missile 3 or Rawlings Mach AI.
I can say confendently that one of those 40 dollar ones are incredible and the best 40 dollar bat you will get
Should I get The Goods one piece The Goods 2 piece Cat X 2 or Select PWR for HS
Does usssa make drop 3 bats or only bbcor
I bought the $40 bat at my Academy, because like many people, I love the sound and feel of a wood bat! So all I got was the baby blue version of the “genuine” and put some white lizard skins tape on it! This video shows that money can be spent on expensive stuff, yet there is a cheaper option that performs just as good!!!
Would love to see a comparison of the same model of wood bat! You mentioned you might have just picked up a one in a million super hot bat, why not buy 5/6 of them from different places and find out?
Hey will you said look for good grain when you swing the $40 wood. Could you show us or tell us how to do that?
Is the Rawlings wood composite more durable than a regular wood bat?
Yes.
not really unfortunately. I've seen a ton of those break.
I just got the Axe composite bat off of Amazon to use in my men’s league. I also have the Baum Bat gold, but wanted to try the Axe bat. Would love to see you try this Axe bat as there weren’t many videos online about them!
People don't understand, wood is still wood!!! Price tag makes 0 difference!! Great video guys
Love your wood bat videos. You guys are so much fun and are destroyer of baseballs. I’ve always tried saying this to youth players, a lot of these woods are excellent and feel great, especially the balanced woods, it’s just things happen, bats break
Me and my brother have that 40 dollar ash bat. I was just curious on how you taped it like that or what type of tape job that is called
Best wood bat I've ever used was the Easton B2000. Bout 60 bucks when I got it. It's an Ash bat which I know isn't the most durable but man that bat was awesome. Never broke on me, hit my first home run with it. Still have it today 8 years later
I would love to see you guys review an Outlaw Bat. All sorts of models available with customization for under $100. I swing a birch 73 model in 34/30 from them and I love it.
I have the 32" LS bat and it's the heaviest of the 4 I have at 934 grams! I have a 34" Marucci at 889 grams, 33" Victus maple 863 grams & 33" B45 Birch at 845 grams. That's a pretty big difference in weight! And you can feel it!
My HS kid who gets 90mph ev with aluminum breaking 2 Rawlings 70$ wood bats in a month. They werent even terrible swings.
Obviously this man is extremely skilled at finding barrels.
Thanks for the great content Gents!
I personally have the Marucci Gamer, picked it up at dicks saw the 80$ price tag and thought it was a steal for a maple bat. I use it in my mens leauge and batting cages with baseballs at 90 mph holds up great. Ive hit it off the end of the bat where i thought it for sure shouldve broke but no damage. Overall for 80$ solid bat if its your first wood bat.
Will, what are your thoughts on the 110 turn model? I thought 110 turns are even more balanced that the 271's. Supposedly 110 is a good choice if you're transitioning from BBCOR to wood.
My issue with a 110 is that they are so stiff and rigid due to how thick the handle is. Also, there is little to no taper on the knob.
@@baseballbatbros -- Interesting you say that. My son seems to prefer stiff bats. Loves his Stinger Guardian and the Easton Encore BBCOR (a two-piece you rated poorly in part because it's so stiff).
He gamed a 271 turn wood bat for a while. Hit well with it. But gravitated back to the 110s because he likes the feel of it.
Stiffness of the 110 turn probably explains his preference.
7:44 lol this Georgia humidity aint no joke ( Augusta Native ) seems likes it’s worse at night
Hey Will I'd love to see a video tour of the new facility and why you bought it and what your plans are for it in the future. Love your work bro!
When bro said it was only 105 is crazy. I can only hit like 94 with the composite bat and I’m 15.
What kind of bat grips do you guys use?
Grew up BBCOR but im definitely here for the BatBros wood bat content.
I bought a pro prime for my son’s tournament. Worked great in the cage for 2 weeks. Cracked in his first live at bat come game time.
Yo will!! Like the content, try usssa showdown. Make sure to include juco!
What do you think about the MINE “beechwood” BASEBALL BATS and can you do a video of those. I own two and I’m very curious as to what you think
Love the content gentlemen. You guys have me waiting for your videos to drop, before I spend a penny. 🤣🤣
2:54 #FlyAway ⚾
13:00 & 13:07 That ball was well struck. That Baum bat is for real.
13:02 I like how Will was about to haul ass if he actually struck a window.
You got so lucky. 👍🏻
I'm a huge fan of your wood bat reviews. absolutely love the content!!! I myself play in an adult league. I would like to see you do a review on one of the bats i personally use. it's a Mizuno 340465 Bamboo Classic MZB 243. i swing 33's. I'll leave a link below to where you can find the bat, if you do get to one. I personally prefer maple, broke it out this season and truly have been impressed. my favorite thing I love the most is you don't feel the recoil of the hit on your hands.
I had the lousiville ash bat for a cage bat and tee bat, the minute I used it on the field I realized the juice it had, it did eventually break but great bat for $40.
when you hit the apartment it reminded me of when I hit a ball in a little league park so far that it hit the top of a massive tree and bounced off of it and was inches away from smashing someones car windshield 😅
it was with an graphite/carbon composite j series easton bat
Great video, guys. Really enjoying the Bat Bros.
Accidentally bought the rake thinking it was a remake of the gamer cuz I’ve swung that every summer for four years and loved it not realizing it was a “cage bat”. Swings fine only difference I’ve noticed is it has a smaller barrel profile which obviously has its downsides for getting barrels
That was amazing! That Ash bat tore it up! I want to see you swin the Camwood Eurobeech!
Apologies if this has been answered, what is the turn model on the Rake? Really considering getting it some day
I own the Louisville slugger and the marucci gamer. Hitting .650 in men’s league with both. Highly recommend
I wonder if having the grip tape helps with the feel as opposed to bare
Can u do a review of the louisville Slugger b9 mix? It is a wood bat with a mix of turn models so im curious if its any good