List of the Best BBCOR-Certified Baseball Bats

I am going to go in depth as to the rules of BBCOR Bats, but if you would like the short answer, here it is: If the bat is stamped with the BBCOR stamp, its legal, if it doesn't have that stamp it is illegal. Pretty Simple, right? But, if you would like to know why the rule was put in place, how it effects the bats, and all of the details concerning it, read on.

Basically the BBCOR measures the "bounciness" of the bat or in other words how flexible the sweet spot of the bat is. In recent years, there have been concerns that pitchers were endangered by the high speeds that balls come off of the bat at. In a result to diminish the possible risk of injury BBCOR was created. This new formula finds out how much the bat flexes when contact is made with the ball. Bats now have to use either thicker walls or a block to decrease the trampoline effect. This new ruling could mean multiple things for you. First, the ball is not going to go as far because with less flexible walls, the slower the ball is coming off the bat thus it will not travel as far. This is a no brainer, however before you go out and buy a three hundred dollar bat, you have to remember that all bats now will have less "pop", so do not think that our bat is a dud. Next, this could impact you economically. Not everyone will be able to buy a brand new bat for a few hundred bucks. If that is our case, your could use wood which would be a very slight downgrade, you could buy a used bat, or you could see about getting a team bat for games and use wood bats during practice. All of these will work fine and it is your choice as to which one would work best in your situation. Third, games will be lower scoring, so don't get all hyped up about having to be able to swing harder because the bats aren't as good, because defense wins championships. If you want to get ahead of your competition, work on the defensive aspect of your game while the others are blindly trying to hit it further.

Made from a smaller bat company, the Marruci Cat 5 is one of the top BBCORs on the market. There are advantages and disadvantages to buying a bat from a company like Marruci. Companies like this have a smaller budget which means that they don't have big factories. Marruci takes special pride in their work so each bat is done exactly right. While it may not have the super-technology of Demarini, it will not have any of the tiny, but difference making defects that some big bat companies have in their bats. I would completely reccomend using this bat, as it is one of the top BBCOR certified baseball bats available.

Buy the bat here for only $199.

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