DOES PRICE MATTER ON WOOD BATS? | $40 vs. $60 vs. $80 vs. $160 vs. $300 Wood Bat Review
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- Опубликовано: 28 сен 2024
- Today we will attempt to answer one of the more controversial questions in the wood bat industry...
Do you really need to be paying $200 for a wood bat?
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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.
Augusta apartment resident: "Look honey, we got batting practice going on.....oh crap, it's Will with a Baum bat, RUN."
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.
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
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.
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
you should buy some more of the $40 ones and see how consistently good they are
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
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.
1:50 the crack of an ash bat. Sounds like my childhood. ❤
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.
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.
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.
I use a $40 Louisville Slugger in the cage for BP and it holds up 😁 11:34
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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
So much knowledge, thorough testing, genuine observations and the courage to tell it like it really is. Excellent work !
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?
Will, can you do a video where you hit all the random bats like Anderson, Tucci, Mizuno, Adidas, etc... Maybe there's a diamond in the rough
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!!!
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!!
It's like Will said..the weights can vary more with wood bats and more specifically the cheaper wood bats. I've weighed drop three 32" wood bats that were heavier than drop three 33" bats of the same brand. But you can do what I did and buy a scale to weigh them and use a 1.5" wood boring drill bit on the end to remove enough material to get the desired bat weight. But be ready to remove/drill down a ways just to remove an ounce or two of weight.
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
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
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
When bro said it was only 105 is crazy. I can only hit like 94 with the composite bat and I’m 15.
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
Yo will!! Like the content, try usssa showdown. Make sure to include juco!
Love the wood bat vids. Especially for us older folks
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.
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!
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.
Sure - the $40 bat broke in the end - but two points here: 1: Who pitches that hard + swings as hard as you? I feel like that's a pretty rare combo right there! 2: That hit which broke the $40 bat was a pretty good "bat breaker" - so I have a feeling that it would be a hard test even for the more expensive bats. Any bat can break from a single hit if it is hard enough and hits the weakest spot on the bat... What you SHOULD do - is try to colab with someone like "the slow mo guys" or one of the ballistic channels which are used to setting up "repeatable impact" tests - and then go through methodical tests where you put each bat through the exact same tests from exactly the same angle. That would be WAY better info than a "kinda limited" (not meant disrespectful - it was a good video!) test. Also - You should get a bunch of the cheaper bats and test how different they perform. Maybe the higher price is because the more expensive bats are made within certain parameters to ensuring a more uniform performance?
Also - I had a thought while watching this which might be an idea for a video in it self: If you bought some of the "good cheap" bats which are wood with no coating - how would it perform if you coated them yourself with something like truck bed coating - or some durable epoxy - or rubber paint... stuff like that. Could you actually make them as durable as the expensive bats and how would they perform?
This comment sums up my feelings. The bro science was cool but I wanted to see what the difference really. Also we got bats at our thrift stores like crazy and some of them look really good to a non baseball person. Thought about reselling them but didn't go through with it. Could have got them by weight too so 4-10 bats for less than $50
@baseballbatbros I tell everyone whenever I have a demo day - Don’t sleep on ash! With a good piece of it it’s as hot as anything else. Feel is a bit different and can take some getting used to but it’s still my favorite to hit with 🔥 If you know what to look for, you can find some killer deals for ash bats right now. Big 5 has a ton of them.
I honestly think that one of the reasons ash is perceived to have no durability is because players nowadays don’t really know how to hit with it. With maple and birch, you can get away with hitting on all sides of the bat. As long as you always hit on the end grains (straight lines, label up or down), ash bats can actually last quite a while. I still make plenty of them and still use one as my gamer
WARSTICWOOD BATS R UNDERRATED
lol they are all the same as long as its the same turn model.
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!
The $40 Louisville Slugger is actually my backup bat to my Marucci Lindy12. It's a very solid bat, especially to be made from Ash. I even prefer it over my Rawlings Maple Bat ($100). Price tag doesn't always matter!
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!
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.
My Rake Maple by Marucci has had great durability so far (probably why it’s advertised as a “cage bat”) and it has lasted me 2 Sunday league seasons and its still in tact…so 20+ games. To put that into better perspective let me state that I swing the 33’ bat and im 6’2 200 lbs of…upper body muscle 😂, im 29 years old and a gym rat and I’ve played ball my whole life so i swing out of my shoes every at bat with less than 2 strikes lol. It has surprising pop, but i will say that depending on how fast the pitcher is throwing, you have to basically barrel a ball perfect perfect to send it 400+ feet. I would highly recommend a rake maple as a first wood bat because of the durability. It will last you a good amount of time and help you learn to catch barrel if you want to see the ball travel! NOW that being said…my past experiences with going cheaper and using Louisville ash is that the Louisville is fire wood if you get jammed or if you try pulling a fastball outer half, but if you’re experienced with swinging wood, this video shows the potential of cheap ash wood bats! I’ve hit 400 foot line drives with ash wood in my early 20’s back when they were 29.99 at Sports Authority 😂 i believe they’re 39.99 at Dicks now. If you’re balling on a budget, i say get both a rake maple and a Louisville ash and have the rake as a back up in case you shatter the ash in your first AB, but if you have the money i recommend the Tatis Victus…its 209.99 but i hit a couple of nukes with the Tatis and even my routine fly ball outs would go a mile high into the sky lol
If I ever get into baseball I would definitely get that slugger.. and if I manage to tune in and break it, get another one. You get your money's worth for the durability I'd say. About by the third one if it doesn't go 2 years then I'd probably change it up.
Only thing that makes me feel like I could have that potential is I know how to swing in different form factors of sledge and a splitting maul.. I've broken a brand new handle over bad grain in 2 swings, and have had the head sheer clean off a maul.. if any of that translates over to a bat then it might be a ride.
I don't think I've ever encountered a bad Louisville Slugger and this video reinforces my PoV.
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.
This content is great even if you don’t play baseball.
To me it’s arguably more impressive that such a bat even holds up considering the physics of the impact. One paper I read said that the peak force of the impact is around 9000lbs (4000kg). Basically like two SUV’s sitting on top of the ball.
I drive by this all the time that’s so cool to think you were out there doing a video
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!
That was amazing! That Ash bat tore it up! I want to see you swin the Camwood Eurobeech!
I have been looking at wood bats recently as I have been looking for a new bat to replace a broken Marucci. Can you do a video on the Dove Tail with the Carbon fiber handle that comes with a 1 year warranty? It’s a bit pricey but 1 year on a wood bat is very rare.
I wish I knew y'all were coming to SRP Park!!! This would have been amazing to see.
I bought the $40 bat ($50 for me) earlier this year, and it worked great for me up until about a week ago when the entire handle split and it cut my hands everywhere.
Absolute Thanos bat lmaoooo! just bought a Baum bat few weeks ago after my cheap $98 Rawlings Big Stick broke & I used my teammates Baum bat. I was hitting seeds with it so naturally I had to buy one. Your last few videos solidified my purchase.
Bro at the Greenjackets !! Let’s go I love like 10 mins from there !! Augusta baby !!
My HS kid who gets 90mph ev with aluminum breaking 2 Rawlings 70$ 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!
Try out the Easton Speed BBCOR it is a very cheap bat and many little league players (like myself) use it, I’d appreciate it if we could see it compared to a high-end BBCOR bat, such as the Atlas.
Can you do a phoenix wood bat review. See how they compare to other woods?
I'd love to see videos where you guys buy some overstock bats from a company at a cheap unit price and have a bp sesh with them. See what turn models you get and what you like the best. I think it would be cool.
This was my favorite wood bat comparison video yet. Would love to see some more content with the BambooBats by Pinnacle Sports. Specifically the maple bamboo hybrid (271). 100 day warranty too which is insane.
Dope setting. I knew a window would be in peril right away. Lol.
The low price is probably due to their quality control level and consistency of wood supplies and samples. Im speculating.
Im a soccer guy and I liked the cheapest cleats. But as goalie, I liked the move expensive gloves tho, and they fell apart fast. The better the grip, the faster the wear. But I liked cleats with a rounder toe tip, because I had to punt the ball a lot, instead of diving for it (safer). Those are usually cheap and old school. Still could dribble and all the footie stuff(like,dribble past a whole team, I was rested being on net vs teammates on the pitch). They worked just fine vs the premium cleats.
So its probably the quality control the bumps the price and marketing…
But I’m a baseball fan tho. I broke the curse when I started watching the sox!
I wrote this before the first 15 seconds of the vid.
The Marucci Gamer is lowkey a sleeper the bat has so much pop I love it
Bros… we all know these days you’re paying for the “name” not the product. That goes along with everything else!
Those $40 Louisville Slugger ash bats are some of the best feeling bats I've ever swung. I thought I was the only one that felt they were good for the money. I've shattered more than I can remember, but for $40...
For anyone wondering about the apartments they are built for people that want to live next to that and work with the Field so if a window breaks they got someone to fix it
7:44 lol this Georgia humidity aint no joke ( Augusta Native ) seems likes it’s worse at night
I'd be interested if you did bp until the bats break and see if their durability is that much different
Can you review the SuperNova? And id it better than the atlas
That rake maple was definitely a gamer for me
I love the bat grips you put on the bats and you guys made me buy the 2024 ICON and I came so close to hitting a ball 350
I have a LS Hal MaCrae 33 back from I think 1980. I would love to have you take a few hacks with it. Only has maybe 25 swings on it.
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've had the same $40 slugger since 5th or 6th grade and it's got no dents and still chugs. Don't think I'd ever get another brand, it's just to good
The bats may have had the same performance, but did the price change how to bats felt on your hands when making contact with the ball?
Ash has so much more flex than maple. It’s going to have more juice. Milb and MLB are trying to get away from ash through because they are prone to break more.
Which is better bang for your buck, Stringking Metal Pro for $90? Or Metal 2 pro for $115? (these are the prices on headbanger sports)
As someone that never spends more than $70 on a wood bat, you'll get really good pieces of wood if you go and feel them yourself. If you order them online, they're very inconsistent in weight and turn model
I've gotten a few of those $40 Louisville ash bats, some felt like -5 and some felt like +2. They're all hot mostly just because they're ash but the barrel will start to flake after 100-150 swings
You guys need to check out MoBats out of Bernie, Mo. These bats are basically unlabeled Old Hickory and for the price $50-$100 can't be beat. 3 of our kids hit home runs last week at the 17u WWBA in Atlanta. Also, one of our kids broke his $300 Baum bat at the handle.
Dude, i fuçkin love this channel.
Been a while since I’ve gone to the Green Jackets game in Augusta Ga.
oyo willy dude.
you think you can do a durability contest?
keep swinging a bat till it breaks and see what brand or bat has the best bat for durability
Does usssa make drop 3 bats or only bbcor
“Birch is usually durable so I think we’re good here” bro when I tell you I thought that bat was gonna EXPLODE on the first swing😂
Oh? Baseball bat companies think athletes are idiots? What a concept.....companies are exceptionally greedy these days, I'm glad someone does a video showing what they do to keep you buying....
I bought 2 of the Louisville Slugger 40$ bat for practice instead of using my hyper fire and they both broke in the first 2 practices. Both of them broke in the exact same spot as yours.
Do a bat review on the Easton Zcore XL
Many people say that this bat is juiced
Are you planning a review for the Camwood game bats?
As soon as I saw that $40 Louisville Slugger bat in action, I said to myself forget the other bats. Also, does anyone how far is it from HP to the apartment complex?
LFG! Wood bats!
Feedback in your hands on that ash bat is no joke tho. Brutal on miss hits.
I can say that I've bought a cheap wood bat for $75 that lasted a while for me. It was a Rawlings bat, and it lasted a year and a half for me. Just make sure to inspect the bat and go from there. You'll find some gems that will last a while. I don't know if I'd spend $300 on a baum bat. Maybe if they brought back the axe handle, then maybe.
On a BBCOR note, they did drop the new AXE bat for 2025. Hopefully, you'll get a chance to review them?
Axe makes their own composite bat.
It's like when buying a cheap musical instrument. It's not a bad idea. it's just that quality isn't guaranteed. That being said, I own a few cheap instrumemts that sound incredible when compared with their more expensive counterparts.
Wood bats can vary in prices for many reasons. Type of wood is a major factor. Birch is more expensive than poplar so the price is gonna be more, but 4x is a stretch. Look at the Janka Hardness scale to determine the durabilities in woods. I use the $40 LVille Slugger 😂😂
Just a question, what happened to the Bruce bolts?
And the Kraken and the other Bros?
We use Franklin's now. Main decision for that was just due to do how much more affordable Franklins are. Felt lowkey bad endorsing a product that I wouldn't have been able to afford as a kid.
And we still use Kraken in every video.
And the other Bros are all either in college or pro ball.
Thanks you
i got a 30 dollar Louisville slugger wood bat for bp in highschool, it was the best wood bat i had ever used until i got a baum bat
It would be interesting to get 5 of each bat and see the difference. Cool video, Bro. Cheers🎉🎉🎉
Can you review the article flame? To see if it’s better or not.
Hey Guys, thanks for this video! I always asked the same thing when looking for a bat for my adult rec league. Really appreciate the insight.
As long as it's the correct wood, its 40$ let's go. It's from a reputable company. If it's not splitting right away good to go lol. Great video bros.
Ironically, the farthest HR I ever hit (well over 400 ft!) was with a store bought, ash, Louisville Slugger! Sports Authority or Dick's was the store. Honestly, it's luck of the draw. I'm 50 now, still playing, still hit HRs, but I was in my 30s when i hit that moon shot! More irony, my 2nd farthest HR ever was several years earlier (in 2000) with a 90s Baum bat. I've always preferred ash, but they're not easily available anymore and not priced low either!
praying for a 2017 rawlings 5150 review
I’m buying an ASH bat tomorrow! That thang rakes!