20 Best Wood Bats For Youth (2023 Updated)

Bought this bat for my 6yr old about a month ago. Initially he was having some difficulty adjusting due to the weight increase but once he adapted it was game over. He will be 7 in October and hits 200 ft shots with this bat.

The secret is reps. I recommend this bat for any youngster looking to hit big shots to the green.

Just got the bat in two days ago for my 12 yr old son. Soft tossed in the cage day one. Day two at practice hit 2 out 6 pitches over and one middle of the fence. This bat is incredibly hot! Highly recommend.

Tremendous pop from the start. Nice looking bat. Good quality grip. Well balanced bat for the contact hitter!!

This is a training toll purchased for a 7 year old boy and 9 year old girl starting their journey! Helped promote a stronger swing and proper hand actions throughout. I would highly recommend for both novice as well as experienced players!.

Didn’t know much about this bat, researched it. Decided to give it a shot. It has definitely helped my kid’s bat speed. Noticed significant difference in exit velo.

Top Tier training product that works! Also, had customer service issue that they went well above and beyond to resolve! Very happy with the product and the company!

A good balanced bat. Much better feel and barrel length than the other brands. -10 is really a -9 (most bats play heavier than the advertised drop) -9 is pretty good. Some -10’s are really a -8. Sturdy durable bat with a good swing weight.

My 6 year-old is swinging the 28″ and does fine with it. He’s about 50lbs. and has a good swing. He can notice the difference between his friends bats and they notice the difference in his and they all prefer the Beast.

Watched the Cal Ripken team that will be representing the Northwest at the 12u World Series, and the power hitters on this team used this bat. They performed very well with it, with a number of balls going 260′ +.

To the complaining dads: It’s a joke when a small kid with a usssa bat puts a check swing on a ball, and it goes to the fence. It’s a joke when all over youtube you can watch kids with a usssa bat stalling at contact, because they’re too weak to hit through the ball, and the ball trampolines off for a home run.

Well guess what, it takes a solid swing to hit one out with a realistic bat, and when one reads the bpf 1. 15 certification process, they realize that reality is nowhere near a usssa bat.

My son really likes the feel. feels like it has great control through the zone. USA bats seem to have a heavy feel to them. He is a big, strong 9 almost 10 year old that swung a 30/20 mako X last year while hitting for average and power.

This year he is swinging a 29/19 beast X. He really feels more power in the one piece aluminum. this makes sense as every effort to isolate your hand from zingers has to be absorbing energy even on squared up balls.

Got the bat and right away went to field and hit some nice fly balls to my son. Much easier to hit then a regular bat. Came rater quick too.

I’ve never used a fungo so this is my first. It’s a fairly heavy bat. Makes it easy to hit outfield fly balls. For me it’s a bit heavy for infield. I have back issues so I’m going to order a lighter one for that.

Great bat.

Disappointed…grain split the first day when hitting fly balls. Flipped it over, and the grain split on the other side when hitting fly balls the next day. No returns and I’m out $30.

Very disappointing – bought this bat back in June off the DeMarini website and it has been nothing but problems ever since I completed the order. Horrible customer service. My son and I took A LOT of time to break bat in and the bat has inconsistent “sweet spots” and SO MANY dead spots it’s unbelievable.

I bet most people who buy it don’t even break it in properly and somehow they apparently have good results with it – I’m starting to suspect that the good reviews are fake. I really regret purchasing this bat and am now thinking we should have gone with the Easton ADV 360.

We can’t even get a replacement and Wilson/DeMarini has no intention of fixing their mistakes. I know they have some good people working there, but I can’t seem to get in contact with anyone who actually cares about what they do.

I placed an order for this bat to be delivered UPS next day air on a Thursday and didn’t receive it until the following Wednesday. I was told I would get a refund on the shipping, but that never happened.

I talked to someone named ‘Bridgett’ who just kept stating that they can’t control when it leaves or how/when it’s delivered. How can they offer ‘Next Day Air’ if they can’t control the item’s delivery? I pay them the shipping cost, it’s up to DeMarini to get the packages ready and to UPS in time for UPS to do their job and deliver as specified.

It honestly seems like their warehouse couldn’t get the bat packaged and to UPS in time to meet the deadline they were paid for – the bat was the only item in the order so it’s pretty astonishing that it all went so poorly.

So the bat was ordered with time to be received before the tournament, but wasn’t received until after all the games were played on the 4th (last) day of the tournament. So my son was only able to use it for the last tournament (2 games), but he only used it for 1 AB of the first game because it performed so poorly.

We spent SEVERAL hours over the course of 3 days breaking it in slowly and properly. By the time we were done breaking it in my son was so excited to start ripping some at full speed/strength and when he finally did, it was just a major let down.

The bat’s “sweet spot” is very inconsistent and there are so many dead spots it’s unnerving. I wasn’t ready to give up so I had him hit 10 balls on each 1/4 segment of the bat and we found that 2 of the sides are pretty much all dead spots and one of the other 2 was about half and half.

The final 1/4 arc segment of the bat produced decent results, but nothing spectacular (at least it didn’t have a bunch of dead spots). He only used it for a single at bat during his last tournament – he has a good swing and made good contact, but the ball just lost all velocity on impact and turned into a weak grounder.

He ended up using his old hand-me-down Easton Speed for the remainder of the tournament with way better results. Several of his teammates were stoked to try given all the hype around the bat, but all who used the bat (a lot of great hitters) had the same results and nobody was impressed enough to use it twice.

I’ve been doing this for a long time as a player, coach, and baseball dad and this degree of poor performance is unprecedented in my experience. This bat is so bad that I don’t even believe all the good reviews that persuaded us to buy it in the first place.

I tried several times right after his tournament to get a hold of their “customer service” to discuss the problems and path forward only to be met with recordings that they’re out of office for the 4th of July – I called a week and a half after the 4th of July.

Tried again the following week with no luck and no call back. I recently got a “customer service” rep on the phone (nearly 3 months after the initial purchase) and was informed that since DeMarini’s warranty only covers “.

(1) SEVERE DENTING, (2) STRUCTURAL CRACKING, OR (3) BROKEN END CAPS OR KNOBS. ” that we’re basically stuck with it – very infuriating to hear for a bat that cost us over $400 with shipping. I’m considering passing the bat around to all the players/parents on my son’s comp team and all the players at the training academy he attends so that none of them make the same mistake that we did and the quality of Wilson/DeMarini can be assessed prior to any of them making any significant purchases.

The worst part out of all this was that my son wanted this bat so badly that he put in $200 of his own money to help pay for it – now he’s devastated that he spent that much money for a product with such poor performance.

I really thought these guys were the gold standard, I’m VERY DISAPPOINTED.

I’m glad I got this bat because it performs very well and the sweet spot on it is big. If you are the type of person like me who is worried about the sweet spot and the overall feel of a bat, you should get this bat.

I was at the batting cages and I hit where the barrel starts and it didn’t hurt that much. Also when I’m hitting off a tee I realized that I had a faster exit velocity than my old bat with this bat. The grip is also pretty good and cool looking, it also feels great.

Overall this bat is a very good bat and you should get it. I also got my bat at the start of the week so it’s not even broken in yet and it’s really good. Make sure you don’t use use this bat in cold weather or it has a higher chance of breaking!.

I highly recommend this bat for players that play a lot of baseball and are serious about the game (not recommended for the casual in-house player who is in it for picture day). We all know that most USA bats don’t have a ton of pop, but this is the only one that I’ve found that resembles the BBCOR/USSA pop.

We did however spend a day hitting off a tee at 50/75% before taking full swings to properly break it in. First day outside, my son was driving missiles and hitting balls over the fence in BP. He said “this is the best one yet”.

Expensive, but worth it if your child plays a ton of ball.

TranslateShow in original languageProduit nickel et livraison rapide. Petit bémol la batte fait 5cm de diamètre, j’aurais préféré qu’il fasse un peu plus parce que ça fait vraiment batte de baseball pour enfant.

Mais sinon c’est un bon produit niveau qualité/prix.

TranslateShow in original languagetrès bon produit. reçu tard cause intempéries. mais le produit est super. très content

TranslateShow in original languageUne très belle partie au milieu d’une prairie. Ca swing avec douceur et quand on tabasse, ça fait vibrer. 😛

These are by far hottest bat in usa drop 11 and 5 beat all hybrids one piece one piece composite they are hot hot fire next after them is select series then maxum ultra they are 9 and 12 mph behind you don’t always get what u pay 4.

Unfortunately they are hideous looking w smaller barrel and sweet spot. W a little practice they hit bombs the usssa version are top 3 for alloy only composite is getting dangerous. Hopefully stringking takes note of there success and fixes there usssa and usa line bbcors are fire.

Great bat, excellent pop. No break in period like with composite. Half my sons team now uses the bat. Only drawback was the white tape on the handle which was nasty after two games on the dirt.

Has been great for my 5-6 yr old son quick adjustment from the 2 1/4 barrel to this 2 5/8. Good balance. Has been hitting solid hard line drives. Even with bad contacts the balls he has been hitting comes out good.

My son is 8 years old, 4’7” and is swinging 29” bats. We are big axe bat fans. My son hits absolute bombs with the 2022 hero and he wanted to try a carbon axe bat. The Avenge Pro is a great bat. No vibration on end hits and it performs very well.

But he and I both notice that he hits farther with his hero. We’ve had the Avenge Pro for awhile now and been giving it a chance before writing a review. The pop just isn’t there compared to aluminum Axe Bats.

Don’t get me wrong…. it’s a great bat. But Axe aluminum bats are HOT. I’ve been worrying about them being de-certified at some point. Hopefully they won’t be.

Our 9U son swings both the Axe Avenge and Avenge Pro. Both USSSA rated 28/18. Both have even weight distribution. The Avenge Pro is slightly heavier with a tad more end cap weight. Both are nice out of the wrapper.

BUT the composite really really comes alive after around a thousand hits or so. Both have held up superbly under year long select ball.

I was a little reluctant to try this bat, but my grandson was adamant about going Axe. And this is after 3 years with DeMarini. Have to say the kid was right. Not only huge pop, but i am seeing a swing consistency that i can only attribute to the Axe handle.

Palm up/ palm down and puts him in great power position. Now we are buying speed trainers.

We’ve had a couple months now in fall ball to work with these bats in my travel baseball organization. I’ve not had any negative feedback or reviews. The bat very balanced, as most players say it feels lighter than the same size bat they swing in other brands meaning great weight distribution.

It has a ton of pop right out of the wrapper and continues to get hotter. Also seems to be very durable. We’ve left some in the facility for our players to use during indoor workouts and they love them.

I also feel most parents are comfortable with the price point due to what they are getting in quality. I can also say that the bat seems to be Equally balanced with great pop throughout all lengths and weights, I know some youth bats seem to be hotter in certain sizes than others but this one has been consistent across-the-board.

The product information details all the scientific innovations that made this bat possible. As a parent of a baseball kid, I don’t think reciting that information will be helpful. What I can say is that this bat definitely lives up to the hype, so to speak.

The larger barrel and inner core help to enlarge the sweet spot for hitting. The handle fits and feels just right, and my son has really seen his hitting improve. This bat feels light but is still sturdy and sized to make power hits.

My son is overjoyed with his new bat. I truly do feel that this is a product that all the technology utilized in the construction add up to make a bat that provides a noticeable uptick in performance and range.

My 13U son hit over. 500 this season and still hit many home runs, deep gap doubles, and lead the team in RBIs. Kids with end loaded bats were whiffing against higher level tournament pitching. This bat has plenty of pop and a balanced swing weight for optimum control.

Not just for contact hitters! Why not hit for average and power?.

My son loves the Solo. IMO it’s the best one piece alloy USSSA bat line on the market. Balanced swing with tons of pop out of the wrapper. Less vibration on mis-hits than more expensive bats with anti vibration tech.

I always buy direct from LS because I have been burned by DOA out of spec bats from third party vendors.

Bought this for my 8yo when his Easton maxum cracked. Great feel and pop out of the wrapper. Largest sweet spot of any bat we’ve measured. Very minimal stinging. Maxum warranty came in the mail a month ago and he decided to stick the solo JBB.

4 other kids started using it with very positive results. Highly underrated and solid bat.

This bad exceeds All my expectations! This is a good lightweight bat and the hundred a warranty makes me confident that the whole team can use it without having to worry about it breaking.

This was my first time trying Warstic. Went with birch vs maple and it broke after 3rd at bat on a base hit just inside sweet spot. Was surprised it broke but bats do break. Didn’t get pro wood so no 30 day warranty.

Disappointed in the price I paid for the grade of wood and having no warranty.

First, I want to say I LOVE my WS161. I have ordered several over the past few years along with the WS19. Both are awesome. The only complaint I have is a slow production turnaround especially when I paid for expedited production.

This has actually happened to me twice now. While I will likely order again, I will not pay extra to have it expedited.

This bat is top notch. Playing in a wood bat league and having a quality piece of lumber with a one year guarantee is awesome. I have always bought DeMarini bats for my summer wood bat teams. It’s pricy but I have seen trash cans full of $60 bats in the dugout.

Excellent way to start into the wood bats. This is a great bat for BP and intro into wood bats. We had an old Demarini Dx110 passed down to us. This bat has more pop and great warranty. My Dad likes the warranty.

Look know further than Demarini.

I got a d243 in the summer of 2017. Hit a bomb in the summer league. I still use it and it hasn’t lost any pop. Even has weathered some nasty jam shots without a crack against 80+ pitching.

My 10u slugger plays in a yearly wood bat tourney. In years past I’d get him ash bats because it’s lighter to get it closer to his Easton bats, but he’d break’em all within 6 months. I decided this past winter to get him this SamBat for cage work and a custom model for his tournament.

He loves them both! The black cage bat is a workhorse and the game bat is almost too beautiful to hit with. The maple is rock hard and extremely durable. He looks forward to practice sessions knowing they’ll be sting-free and sounding like the pros.

I bought this 6 months ago and it lasted the entire 2021 season through BP and regular games. Awsome bat 10/10

This is a beautiful piece of lumber and my son absolutely loves it! The taper to the knob is minimal, so it’s easy to transition back-and-forth from wood to BBCOR.