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Is there any advantage to a Composite youth baseball bat?
Posted on 5/11/22 at 5:38 am
Posted on 5/11/22 at 5:38 am
As opposed to alloy? I’m looking to get new bats for my kids. A Marucci Cat 9 composite bat is $20 cheaper than the alloy. So price doesn’t matter. I need to make sure I can keep their RBI’s up so that hopefully scholarships are in their future. Any baseball guys know the answer to this? Thanks in advance.
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Posted on 5/11/22 at 5:43 am to SelaTiger
Get the alloy. It's hot right out the wrapper.
Posted on 5/11/22 at 5:47 am to SelaTiger
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I need to make sure I can keep their RBI’s up so that hopefully scholarships are in their future.
Make sure to work on his foot speed. I knew a guy that played D-1 all over the field and could hit like a son of a bugger, but too slow on the base paths.
I don’t know shite about bats so that’s all I can offer.
Posted on 5/11/22 at 5:57 am to SelaTiger
when I was a kid we just used whatever shitty bats the coach had
Posted on 5/11/22 at 6:03 am to SelaTiger
What age?
Posted on 5/11/22 at 6:05 am to BoogaBear
8, 11
Posted on 5/11/22 at 6:07 am to jamiegla1
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when I was a kid we just used whatever shitty bats the coach had
Well, youth sports wasn't a money maker when you were a kid so things have changed.
OP, the main difference is that composite bats will have a longer barrel aka..bigger sweet spot. There are others (like alloy will be more durable) but if you're dropping $275 per bat for multiple kids it doesnt sound like durability is a priority
Posted on 5/11/22 at 6:09 am to SelaTiger
Let the kids pick bat's that they like, it won't make much difference at all at that age. It's all a huge waste of money. If you just insist on blowing your money go with Demarini, best bat's in baseball.
Posted on 5/11/22 at 6:13 am to SelaTiger
Composite.
Alloy is hot but will be dented in less than 50 swings.
Composite gets hotter as it ages until it also breaks and you're in the same boat again. You'll get more life out of composite.
Alloy is hot but will be dented in less than 50 swings.
Composite gets hotter as it ages until it also breaks and you're in the same boat again. You'll get more life out of composite.
Posted on 5/11/22 at 6:15 am to SelaTiger
Jaxynn and Breidynnn Finna eat.
Posted on 5/11/22 at 6:34 am to BoogaBear
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Alloy is hot but will be dented in less than 50 swings
Totally false. They hold up every bit as well through high school seasons.
Also, the OP is shopping for kids 8 and 11. They won't get the composite broken in before they outgrow it. May as well get an alloy bat that has pop.
Posted on 5/11/22 at 6:38 am to jamiegla1
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when I was a kid we just used whatever shitty bats the coach had
I felt like I had won the lottery the season my coach had 5 bats to choose from instead the customary 2.
Posted on 5/11/22 at 6:45 am to jamiegla1
So saw mill slabs?
This post was edited on 5/11/22 at 6:49 am
Posted on 5/11/22 at 6:48 am to SelaTiger
All of the baseball players at my son’s school carry around two bats. Not sure why at all…one glove, two bats.
Posted on 5/11/22 at 6:52 am to The Spleen
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I felt like I had won the lottery the season my coach had 5 bats to choose from instead the customary 2.
Don’t remember what a Thumper was but that was my grab from the coaches green bag.
Posted on 5/11/22 at 6:52 am to bayourougebengal
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They won't get the composite broken in before they outgrow it.
Get them rolled.
Posted on 5/11/22 at 6:57 am to SelaTiger
Great bat, little Brayden will be using it when the Mets scouts come watch his game next week
Posted on 5/11/22 at 7:04 am to SelaTiger
Z2K and be done with it
Or the black and green tpx
Connexion if available
Or the greatest bat of all time, the EA70
Or the black and green tpx
Connexion if available
Or the greatest bat of all time, the EA70
Posted on 5/11/22 at 7:06 am to bayourougebengal
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They won't get the composite broken in before they outgrow it
You can break in one with in one weekend. All the Cat 9 needs is like 300 swings. A couple of cage sessions and it's good to go.
Posted on 5/11/22 at 7:07 am to Gaston
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All of the baseball players at my son’s school carry around two bats
One is for cage and tee work. The other is their game bat
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