What is best wood for baseball bat
ASH vs MAPLE vs BIRCH - Which is better? Wood Baseball Bat Reviews
all right JT moment of truth man out of
these three which one are you going with
birch maple or ash what up what up
it's Willie here with the baseball bat
bros and today guys I don't know if I've
ever been so excited for a video to be
honest we got a really cool test to do
three baths the exact same weight exact
same length exact same turn model that's
right wood bats
we got a maple versus an ash versus a
birch three war sticks let's do this
alright so you guys probably saw our
unboxing intro video of these if not go
check out the top of your screen and go
watch that video right now and we kind
of break down what's going on here but
guys
today we have three thirty three and a
half 31 and a half wsk p11 wood bats
that's gonna be the war stick Kevin
Pilar model it's actually the same type
of like shape would turn model bat that
Mike Trout swings so this is a really
popular wood bat model and the Biggs and
these are all going to be from war stick
they were nice enough to help us make
this video happen but guys quick
disclaimer I mean at the end of the day
MLB grade wood is MLB grade wood and
like honestly like between a war stick
an Old Hickory of victus Marucci a
Louisville like the best of the best
maple is going to be just that the best
of the best maple and really at the end
of the day you're just getting some
different turn models but guys the big
question of the day is what type of wood
is best so on the bottom here you see we
got Pro Reserve birch kind of a new and
emerging wood in professional baseball
and guys are turning to it like crazy
then you got maple here definitely far
and away the most popular bat right now
made popular by Barry Bonds himself with
us and that but maple like is guys
probably like 90% of the wood in in
professional baseball's maple now but
back in the day probably like you know
early 2000s and before that like 80s and
the 90s guys it was all ash and you can
really tell like that defining
characteristic as you can see the grains
all the way across this one looks super
cool so we're gonna test it out today
guys what's the pros and cons at the
swing way it's going to be pretty much
oh the same because we got the same
weight on each one these are all cup to
make sure the exact same weight there
but we're just gonna tell you which
one's the hottest and kind of try to
settle the debate here between other
three main types of wood ash birch maple
let's do this all right JT if you're
gonna bet your money right now who do
you got who do you thinks gonna win this
thing I'm gonna go with the birds right
now Oh going with the sweeper pick I've
been hearing some great things about
it's like it's got the best qualities
from both ash and maple and uh just to
go against John I'm gonna say maple just
because I mean that's what everyone
swings if everyone still swings that
it's got to be best right so let's try
this out all right we got maple
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okay this one's heavies but it's got
some frickin mass in the barrel it's
gonna launch the ball hey guys from what
I'm hearing this is also going to be one
of the most common sizes used in pro
ball 33 and a half 31 and a half dropped
to birch
oh good
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damn well I could hit that very good
know what feels good all right now we
got ash my favorite looking bat and then
this is what I use growing up most
that's one the i13 ash which is going to
be a kind of a similar turn model to
this
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Oh
okay all right I think I know guys I
think I know what I like this all right
JT moment of truth man we're about to
tell every professional baseball player
in the world look that he should be
swinging all right so out of these three
again all right here we got a maple we
got ash and we got birch I'm pretty dead
set on what I think but JT you took a
good amount of swings we're only gonna
show you guys like three swings but we
took probably like 15 20 with each bat
we're freakin exhausted right now but
all right man out of these three you're
going up to the play you're playing
double-a for the Royals right now which
one are you goin with birch maple or ash
he's going with birch Wow okay so you
are literally picking the least common
option professional baseball however it
is the fastest-growing wood bat type in
Major League Baseball for a reason it
hits tanks man so what do you think
about it overall uh I think it like I
saw an article where it said birch had
the best qualities of both ash and maple
I can really feel that it's got the
springiness and like the it's got a
little bit of flex like the ash but it's
also got the hardness in the pop of the
maple and like the maple it was heavy
and hard to swing but if you really
squared it up and won a mile this if you
squared up for one a mile with the ash
it's lighter to swing easier to get
through and this one was lighter this
one you mean you get through the maple
dam was a good analysis yeah but all
right birch it is man right on so will
hmm
ash birch or maple war stick what's he
going with all right um did JT you
nailed it man I agree with you birch
hands-down dude
so like if I was gonna like kind of
position these three bats I would say I
would say that the ashes like a
contacted her bat kind of like it was
the most even though they're all the
same weight you still felt like the
proportion of where the weight was in
the bat kind of mattered so the ash
still felt most balanced it was the
easiest to swing and like weirdly enough
it felt like it have like the biggest
sweet spot too I mean it really felt
like you know the closest thing to life
composite back when you're swinging wood
I would definitely swing ash if I was
like you know just a singles guy and
then the maple was the complete opposite
extreme the thing was a log man
I I I didn't hit like many good hits at
all with the maple but when I squared it
up the thing launches man it's like a
super n loaded ultra power optimized bat
in my opinion at least compared to these
three and then JC just like you said man
I feel like this was a little bit of
both it was a little bit lighter
swinging than the maple had almost as
much pop if not as much and it was like
a little bit flexible good sweet spot
decent on this hits and guys they were
all pretty durable which was dope one
thing I have experience with ash maybe
just a lower grade Matt Wilber great ash
the barrel starts flaking off and then
birch has that material where the grains
are like super tight together it's
really solid wood to where you're not
gonna have it flake off like that if
it's gonna break it's gonna fall on
shatter on you but I agree man birch all
the way and I've never even swung birch
but I mean I think it was clear today
that that was the superior wood out of
these three at least for like a more
versatile hitter like we are so yep
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guys there it is so I mean we hit nukes
with all three of these they can all hit
bombs but again I'd say the ash is
probably more for a base hit guy the
maple is gonna be I mean that's a Barry
Bonds bat right that's a he was the
first guy to swing it makes sense and
then the birch is gonna kind of be in
the middle it gets you the best of both
worlds I mean similar to like kind of
what the goods offers you like it hits
tanks but it still has a giant sweet
spot it's forgiving and kind of light
you know it probably mimics that style
of that that we really love the most out
of these three so we're going burnt guys
Han from what I'm hearing from a lot of
pro guys I'm talking to they're making
that switch too so I think birch should
definitely be considered more
a lot of guys are still just going maple
right out of that and then you know you
old schoolers are still swinging it's
still sling an ash but ashes slept on
guys honestly like it was a light
swinging at a huge sweet spot sounds
good it is probably like really
consistent across the barrel compared to
some of these like the maple kind of
sucked unless you really barreled it up
and it was just godly where was like the
the ash was pretty moderate across the
whole barrel more like a composite bat
or like the meta or something like that
so I got a super fun review again go
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I mean guys again mo b-grade woods mo be
great wood I'm not gonna tell you guys
Old Hickory or victus ever a route to
your Louisville's better than one or the
other job at is up there too I mean guys
it's not like these guys have like their
secret super genetically engineered tree
farm that they're picking wood from
right it's just some of the best wood in
the world everyone has the same stuff
but these look dope as hell so I think
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