re: Is it possible to have a non-sh!t show conversation about youth baseball bats here?

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Don't see any kids in 12U swinging -5. If they are it's mostly their parents thinking they are the next Ohtani or Judge.

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We didn't just walk into the store and grab a bat. i knew this was going to be expensive so we researched it a ton. here's how we went about it: his old bat was a 29 -10. We hit with other bats that we could get our hands on:

30 -5
31 -8
32 -3

etc, wood, composite, one piece, hybrid. He swang in cages with pitching, soft toss, off of tee's to get a feel. We also watched as many comparison videos talking about both "hotness" and durability. We settled on 31 -5 marucci cat x composite because it seemed like the best of all worlds. I searched for the cat 9 composite same size and couldn't find one.

i don't think he's a major league hitter. He has thick legs and is strong for an 11 year old and can handle this bat. you don't have to agree, i'm just telling you our process.