What are the different types of metal baseball bats and what makes that bat different from another?
Sunday, November 1st, 2009 at
2:35 pm
I know there are composite bats and bats with a "V Handle" or something like that, but I don’t understand the differences. How can I tell the differences by just looking at it? Are there other types of metal bats?
Well, yes there are different kinds of metal bats. Composite bats are one of them, but another type of bat is alloy bats. These include the older stealth cnt. You can tell the differences not so much by the look, you can if you know the bat, but you really either have to do research on it, or hit with it. Then, there are bats that are a combination of both alloy and composite. All three of the bats have distinctive sounds. For example, alloy bats have a "ping" of them. The composite and composite alloy mix bats have a lot quieter kind of almost wood bat sound. I have a drop 5 stealth imx and a drop 9 stealth imx. Orange and blue colors, both 2009. Both of these bats are composite alloy bats. You know this by the "imx" decal that is on the bat. this is only in stealths obviously. Both of these bats are pretty dang amazing, with great pop, loads of power and a sweet spot that literally cover from handle to tip. So i hope this has helped, and p.s. i prefer composite alloy bats, if you cant tell.