As a father to a 16 yr old ball player who played travel since 8 in SoCal, it’s been interesting watching kids who mashed with -10, -8, -5’s struggle once bbcor is required. You have to learn how to hit especially when velo is high and there are secondary pitches. It’s fun watching the 12 yr olds who are more physically developed launch balls but I know so many of those kids who quit once they got into 9th grade. Teach boys how to hit with a light wood bat or a Baum when they’re young so they can make the transition easier.
@@rdd2devore409 I’m not a former player but from what I’ve observed, what you’re teaching seems so be what coaches want!! Can you move the runner over, can you execute a play? That seems to get boys more playing time over the player who goes to the plate looking to hit one over the fence. If you want to play, you have to play team baseball. I’ve seen kids who mashed at 12-13u who can’t execute and move a runner over. Those guys always end up sitting and eventually quitting because they never get off the bench. They look great during BP but they never play. Thea coaches seem to want line drives oppo. Obviously that’s really hard. I’ve only seen a handful of HR’s in freshman and JV… maybe a dozen in varsity??? You can’t go up to the plate thinking you’re going to hit one over a 350’ fence when a 17-18 yr old is throwing 85+ with movement and secondary pitches. It just seems to limit your success. The guys that seem to play more are good contact hitters who hit line drives oppo. You’re teaching your boys the right thing to play in HS for sure.
Amazing video, Will! Your thoroughness and unbiased reviews mean the world to us parents buying these bats. My 10yr old son and I wanted to fall in love with the zen drop 8, but after this video we’ll be going icon 30/22 instead.
if this comment gets to 1k likes then the baseball bat bros legally have to send me a 32 drop 5 2025 dimarini zen (now that this comment is near 1k likes I would like to say that they are not obligated to anything)
Thanks for the honest review. I had a sneaky suspicion it was a ZOA repaint. Too many red and brown ones didn’t sell…looks like it, sounds like it, performs like it…
As a softball player, when I look at the icon it reminds me of a softball bat made by Rawlings called the mantra. It is also made of composite and it hits bombs.
You guys should do an all time bbcor bat madness at some point with all the most hyped bats. Like the OG bat madness with all the different categories but with bats not just from the current year, so like a round could have the green goods, bone saber hybrid, cat x connect… etc. I think it’d be really cool to see all the bats that everyone loved in the last few years face off against all the new bats.
You guys should come to my game on May 31 at Wahconah Park at 7:00 PM, its a really cool ballpark with a wooden grandstand. One of the last ballparks with that.
Since DeMarini figured out what Dark Matter is to make their Dark Matter Composite, it would be nice for them to share that discovery with all the physicists who have been trying to figure that out for decades.
Right, we are teaching the player to be complete ball players, team players, versatile athletes who understand the game. The earlier these concepts are introduced the better IMO, cheers.
I think there has been a big step up in usssa bats since I used them 3-4 years ago because I was using those dirty south bats and I thought they were the best bats ever but now comparing them to these modern composites they are miles better.
Great channel! I think you're measuring barrels incorrectly with those rings. Those measure only the point where it's too thick for the ring, not where the barrel is necessarily the thickest, right?
The new zen (-5) sounds a lot like the old green (-5) cf zen. I had a green zen back when and those were crazy. Mine lasted a pretty long time too if I remember right
1:40 It's the exact same with the easton xl1, I got a drop 8 thinking it would be as op as the drop 5 but it was just kinda average. I tried someone else's drop 5 and it was insane
Do they not make drop 3 anymore. Drop 3 was always my go to in high school. I just loved the extra weight. Don’t get me wrong I had an Omaha tpx drop 5 that was a tank and a redline drop 3 that the ball just exploded off of. I still have that damn gold redline.
Can you please make a video on the new Louisville Slugger PRO Prime wood bats like the CB35? They claim they have a new finish that makes them 30% more harder than their past Prime MLB Wood bats at the same price. Would love to get a EV test and see if it holds true. Thanks!
My son is getting the -10 Zen for Christmas. He used the Zoa last season and did well. Tried the -10 Soldier Tank in fall ball and that bat was a turd. The -10 version Zen has a longer barrel that the -10 zoa. By almost an inch. Its strange that the -5 doesn't.
Hey I have been watching you guys for a while now and I think a review that would be very cool and fun. Would be to review the 2018 DeMarini cf zen drop 3. It is a very good bat and I have swung it for a long time and it just recently broke/died. I hope you can read this comment and think about it. But if you don't then keep making amazing videos :)
First of all love the reviews. Also I been watching Tennessee play in the sec tournament and it looks like they are using a 2 piece atlas. Can you kinda look into that
Hey Will, great video! Do you think the 2025 select pwr will have half sizes? If so, please let me know. It’s my favorite bat of all time but I might have to get an atlas if I can’t get a 33.5”.
DeMarini is much more durable than Icon or Hype! We swing the Zoa and it's amazing. I would suggest dropping down a size, they are heavier than they are supposed to be. The 30/25 actually weighs almost 29 ounces.
Me and my son love watching these videos. It’s interesting to watch the other kids in the travel league we are in hit with all these bats you guys use and rarely do they ever get decent outfield hits. Meanwhile we have been using an Easton Elevate 30” -10 for the last 3 years and every hit he gets is in the outfield. I wonder what this kid can do if I can ever afford one of these $400 to $500 bats.
I remember when they would hit a 102 410 foot nuke with the green zen and flip out abt it, now they have a different hot bat, but they hit it 120 555 instead
idk what it is, but I personally just like the zen better, maybe because they did something extra with the glitch repaint, but in 13u and 14u, I was hitting 450+ with the CF Glitch 2021
Im wondering how many more swings the icon and fire have on the new zen. Zen might gain some ground a bit on both of them if it isn't as broken in as those 2 are and if it needs a bit more breakin to really unload. Still agree on the icon being the best usssa i have seen in action ever though im struggling to talk kids into buying it though over the hype fire in any of the sizes lol. It's literally my job to sell and fit bats to kids im the baseball lead at one of the top 3 or so dicks sporting goods baseball departments in the company. So hopefully i can keep this video on tab to bring up to try and persuade them a bit on the icon.
@@baseballbatbros Good info i appreciate it so all 3 are pretty much dead even and brand new. About as fair as you can get across the board. The hardest thing to break the little ones from are seeing like 7 of their friends having a hype. Then no other bat in their mind can be as good XD. Even though that little guy is about half the size as some of their friends and actually need a more balanced bat like the icon with a bigger sweet spot. Compared to the bit heavier feeling hype. As always great video awesome work. Would also really love to get some of the Bat Bro merch back in our kennesaw, Ga store location to sell again one day hopefully. We use to sell it pretty well there the last year or 2 but haven't had much shipped in over the last 6 month to a year sadly.
Hey bat bros, I’ve got a question. While watching the acc and sec tournament, I’ve been paying attention to all of the bats and I’ve noticed that there is a little piece of tape on the hands of each bat. Would you have any idea what that is? Thanks!
So for how much we actually get to use USSSA bats (tourneys), we haven’t been able to justify getting a new one. How much difference is there between these top bats and the 2022 Orange Meta?
my son has a orange Meta and a 24 Icon, the Icon is noticeably hotter. This does not take anything away from the Meta because it is a great bat but the Icon is just in a league of its own
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As a father to a 16 yr old ball player who played travel since 8 in SoCal, it’s been interesting watching kids who mashed with -10, -8, -5’s struggle once bbcor is required. You have to learn how to hit especially when velo is high and there are secondary pitches. It’s fun watching the 12 yr olds who are more physically developed launch balls but I know so many of those kids who quit once they got into 9th grade. Teach boys how to hit with a light wood bat or a Baum when they’re young so they can make the transition easier.
Yep. They need the wood bat tournaments before they get to HS.
Contact over power. Kids don't understand the importance of placing a ball, they only wanna hit dingers 😂 Going thru this phase with my son right now.
Agreed, kids should always hit BP with a wood bat before their game bat.
Part of our 10U practices often incorporate rewards for hitting backside, moving runners.
@@rdd2devore409 I’m not a former player but from what I’ve observed, what you’re teaching seems so be what coaches want!! Can you move the runner over, can you execute a play? That seems to get boys more playing time over the player who goes to the plate looking to hit one over the fence. If you want to play, you have to play team baseball. I’ve seen kids who mashed at 12-13u who can’t execute and move a runner over. Those guys always end up sitting and eventually quitting because they never get off the bench. They look great during BP but they never play. Thea coaches seem to want line drives oppo. Obviously that’s really hard. I’ve only seen a handful of HR’s in freshman and JV… maybe a dozen in varsity??? You can’t go up to the plate thinking you’re going to hit one over a 350’ fence when a 17-18 yr old is throwing 85+ with movement and secondary pitches. It just seems to limit your success. The guys that seem to play more are good contact hitters who hit line drives oppo. You’re teaching your boys the right thing to play in HS for sure.
Amazing video, Will! Your thoroughness and unbiased reviews mean the world to us parents buying these bats. My 10yr old son and I wanted to fall in love with the zen drop 8, but after this video we’ll be going icon 30/22 instead.
Just your regular reminder to come back and do Softball bat vids too!
Loving your content
Just finished a baseball game
based af bring back slowpitch 😱
Fast pitch
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I’ve been waiting the whole day for this!
Sameeee
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Same he said it’s coming tonight yesterday. I think he should go live hitting.
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I’ve been waiting forever for this review after the short
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if this comment gets to 1k likes then the baseball bat bros legally have to send me a 32 drop 5 2025 dimarini zen
(now that this comment is near 1k likes I would like to say that they are not obligated to anything)
Well, he's got one right there.
I'll give it a dislike instead
@@roguegorilla8981oooh i can tell you were feeling mischievous today.
@@TankProdz.3it's opposite day
I hope it gets there and you get nothing because it's demarini not dimarini
I know it’s a good day when y’all post
Thank you Will for keeping it 100 with your reviews! Great work!
Thanks for the honest review. I had a sneaky suspicion it was a ZOA repaint. Too many red and brown ones didn’t sell…looks like it, sounds like it, performs like it…
As a softball player, when I look at the icon it reminds me of a softball bat made by Rawlings called the mantra. It is also made of composite and it hits bombs.
love to see you and king of juco do some of these bat reviews and then use those bats to do a home run derby
Boom! If I had this I'd definitely make it to the outfield grass 💥
Keep it up bballbatbros I love the vids and always watch thx for always making my day when you post
You guys should do an all time bbcor bat madness at some point with all the most hyped bats. Like the OG bat madness with all the different categories but with bats not just from the current year, so like a round could have the green goods, bone saber hybrid, cat x connect… etc. I think it’d be really cool to see all the bats that everyone loved in the last few years face off against all the new bats.
You guys should come to my game on May 31 at Wahconah Park at 7:00 PM, its a really cool ballpark with a wooden grandstand. One of the last ballparks with that.
Since DeMarini figured out what Dark Matter is to make their Dark Matter Composite, it would be nice for them to share that discovery with all the physicists who have been trying to figure that out for decades.
Marketing is different than science
@@nickkerr5714no shit lol
You should compare it to the DeMarini glitch -5 because I have one, and it sounds the same.Great video
the glitch is just a repaint of that years cf zen
New Axe Strato 2. Sounds different. Feels different. Would love to hear what you think...
Just got this for my nephew!! Your videos were very helpful
IVE WAITED SO LONG FOR YOU TO HIT THE LIGHT
Right, we are teaching the player to be complete ball players, team players, versatile athletes who understand the game. The earlier these concepts are introduced the better IMO, cheers.
if this comment gets to 5000 likes, the baseball bat bros have to send me a 30 -5 hype fire usssa
No
Not happing lil bro 💀
Favorite -5 yesterday...Marucci Black. Kid crushed a ball w it!
Question! Can you review the new Bonesaber USSSA composite bat??
I think there has been a big step up in usssa bats since I used them 3-4 years ago because I was using those dirty south bats and I thought they were the best bats ever but now comparing them to these modern composites they are miles better.
When are you guys going to review the new Bonesaber Composite?
Great vid Will, can’t wait for that new atlas!!
When is the Utrip Bonesaber comp review coming out?
Great channel! I think you're measuring barrels incorrectly with those rings. Those measure only the point where it's too thick for the ring, not where the barrel is necessarily the thickest, right?
would love to see a vid on the old drop 5 easton stealth. they were silver alloy barrel with a green handle.
Great video!
Not baseball related but I want to see you swing the new softball Easton tantrums
Maybe mix in some good alloy/hybrid for comparison. Like the Encore or Atlas.
We might have hit a car bad. Lmao best line in bat bros history
I love y’all ❤ best RUclipsrs ever
The new zen (-5) sounds a lot like the old green (-5) cf zen. I had a green zen back when and those were crazy. Mine lasted a pretty long time too if I remember right
Can you review the new composite warstic bonesaber usssa?
+1
1:40 It's the exact same with the easton xl1, I got a drop 8 thinking it would be as op as the drop 5 but it was just kinda average. I tried someone else's drop 5 and it was insane
Please do a review on the tucci Roma
Do they not make drop 3 anymore. Drop 3 was always my go to in high school. I just loved the extra weight. Don’t get me wrong I had an Omaha tpx drop 5 that was a tank and a redline drop 3 that the ball just exploded off of. I still have that damn gold redline.
Love the video and comparison.
Please put the XL1s up against the Icon/Fire.
I'd like to see the first gen BBCORs (2012?) vs today's and see the exit velo differences
When are we going to get the bat bros scale ?
Have you seen the new bone saber composite
bought the zen n literally came straight to this video
You need to do one on the first green model xl1 -5 that was the hottest bat when I played in 2013-2016 hit many many many tanks with it
Can you please make a video on the new Louisville Slugger PRO Prime wood bats like the CB35? They claim they have a new finish that makes them 30% more harder than their past Prime MLB Wood bats at the same price. Would love to get a EV test and see if it holds true. Thanks!
My son is getting the -10 Zen for Christmas. He used the Zoa last season and did well. Tried the -10 Soldier Tank in fall ball and that bat was a turd. The -10 version Zen has a longer barrel that the -10 zoa. By almost an inch. Its strange that the -5 doesn't.
Love the videos! You should review the axe origin!
Need to see the bonesaber hybrid USSSA
Hey I have been watching you guys for a while now and I think a review that would be very cool and fun. Would be to review the 2018 DeMarini cf zen drop 3. It is a very good bat and I have swung it for a long time and it just recently broke/died. I hope you can read this comment and think about it. But if you don't then keep making amazing videos :)
If you had to make a 1-9 baseball bat line up what bats would they be like which one would be hitting clean up and stuff like that?
That’s a great idea for a fun video
"A new era of performance." I'm sold and I haven't swung a bat in over 4 years.
First of all love the reviews. Also I been watching Tennessee play in the sec tournament and it looks like they are using a 2 piece atlas. Can you kinda look into that
“We might have really hit a car bad”
I’ve been waiting for this moment
You guys should do a review of the Mine Wood bats, Ive been getting nonstop adds for them on insta
I love that they harnessed dark matter, for a baseball bat.
It's a step above scandium.
Been waiting for days bro
I've wondered for a while now, when you're hitting so many tanks, what's the baseball budget look like?
Hey Will, great video! Do you think the 2025 select pwr will have half sizes? If so, please let me know. It’s my favorite bat of all time but I might have to get an atlas if I can’t get a 33.5”.
DeMarini is much more durable than Icon or Hype! We swing the Zoa and it's amazing. I would suggest dropping down a size, they are heavier than they are supposed to be. The 30/25 actually weighs almost 29 ounces.
Could you hit with the DoveTail carbon-wood bats? I don’t think yall have had a review with them yet, but I think they’re similar to the Baum bats
Me and my son love watching these videos. It’s interesting to watch the other kids in the travel league we are in hit with all these bats you guys use and rarely do they ever get decent outfield hits. Meanwhile we have been using an Easton Elevate 30” -10 for the last 3 years and every hit he gets is in the outfield. I wonder what this kid can do if I can ever afford one of these $400 to $500 bats.
I remember when they would hit a 102 410 foot nuke with the green zen and flip out abt it, now they have a different hot bat, but they hit it 120 555 instead
You guys need to get your hands on an original Easton Connexion. I think they came out in 2001, its a more forgiving drop 3 Z2K
Absolutely spanked that Icon…☠️
Funny little video idea worst usssa bat vs best bbcor bat
One of the best sounding bats fs
Been waiting for this let’s go
Thanks for the great review
Every like I do 10 push-ups
Have fun doing ten thousand pushups
@@AdventuresofHarmonBrotherstf u mean ten thousand💀 there’s only 15 likes 15x10 is 150 💀💀💀
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@@falcon_gamming-l5h not begging just trying to work out and finding a number to do per week
Memorial Day tourney is Hype Fire Nation. Easton is printing money with that bat.
When will it come out?
U should do a usa bat showdown!!!!
idk what it is, but I personally just like the zen better, maybe because they did something extra with the glitch repaint, but in 13u and 14u, I was hitting 450+ with the CF Glitch 2021
I haven’t watched the video yet, but I think they’re gonna be about the same exit Velos and the same hottness
Will needs to join a Men’s League
Will can hit some taters!
I Fing love the sound!!!!!
I was at my tournament and I was hitting and I looked at my icon ad it had a crack next to the connecter
Can you do a showdown between the 2017 Demarini cf zen and the 2025 demarini zen please 🙏
I swung this bat today and it blew my pb velo out of the water it went from 84 to 86 at 13 years old
Can you please try the two piece composite Mizuno it was very hot when I got worked in please give it a try.
The icon is such a dope bat. I font even play or watch baseball either lol
120mph is crazy, dude!
Im wondering how many more swings the icon and fire have on the new zen. Zen might gain some ground a bit on both of them if it isn't as broken in as those 2 are and if it needs a bit more breakin to really unload. Still agree on the icon being the best usssa i have seen in action ever though im struggling to talk kids into buying it though over the hype fire in any of the sizes lol. It's literally my job to sell and fit bats to kids im the baseball lead at one of the top 3 or so dicks sporting goods baseball departments in the company. So hopefully i can keep this video on tab to bring up to try and persuade them a bit on the icon.
Hype had 0 swings (you’ll see that it’s in the wrapper still early in the video).
The Icon had about 25 swings.
@@baseballbatbros Good info i appreciate it so all 3 are pretty much dead even and brand new. About as fair as you can get across the board. The hardest thing to break the little ones from are seeing like 7 of their friends having a hype. Then no other bat in their mind can be as good XD. Even though that little guy is about half the size as some of their friends and actually need a more balanced bat like the icon with a bigger sweet spot. Compared to the bit heavier feeling hype. As always great video awesome work. Would also really love to get some of the Bat Bro merch back in our kennesaw, Ga store location to sell again one day hopefully. We use to sell it pretty well there the last year or 2 but haven't had much shipped in over the last 6 month to a year sadly.
When did you get your aria leg guard? When I go to buy one they are all sold out.
Can you please do the Rawlings Icon or Hype Fire vs. Juiced 2019 MLB baseball?
Would you recommend the cat x two piece or the clout IA for high school
Just watched JT hit an RBI double against UT. And I live in brenham 30 min from where there playing 😢
The only question is how quickly will it break
Hey bat bros, I’ve got a question. While watching the acc and sec tournament, I’ve been paying attention to all of the bats and I’ve noticed that there is a little piece of tape on the hands of each bat. Would you have any idea what that is? Thanks!
Can you guys try out the Axe Wood bat composites and compare to the Baum bats?
Yep we have a RUclips short on it
Can you do a review on a custom warstick wood bat, I want to buy one but I don’t know if it is good or not?
Need to see a showdown between Pwr Select vs. Icon
Let’s get a fu***** bat bros home run derby with the 2024 or 2025 bats!!! Let’s get it BIG BOYS!!
Hey will can we get a review on the atlas and the stringling metal2 both usssa pls
You need t o have a session where you bring in rock stars and have the goal of hitting the light. That would be fun to watch.
Will would you go with a BBCOR V1 Nox , or Easton Split ? If they were the same price which would you prefer ?
My kid loves his -8 Icon.
How old big he?
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So for how much we actually get to use USSSA bats (tourneys), we haven’t been able to justify getting a new one. How much difference is there between these top bats and the 2022 Orange Meta?
my son has a orange Meta and a 24 Icon, the Icon is noticeably hotter. This does not take anything away from the Meta because it is a great bat but the Icon is just in a league of its own
u should do a review on the soldier tank usssa composite