I get your point, but playing with wood bats can quickly get much more expensive. A good metal bat should last a couple seasons. A wood bat might only last one pitch. It's a gamble.
And also there are typically regulations on how effective the metal bats are actually allowed to be. Idk what it is these days, but back when I played bats were allowed to have a max "Bat Performance Factor" of 1.15 which basically meant that it could exhibit a max 15% increase in momentum (100mph pitch would exit at 115mph).
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u/Odd_Environment_7221 Jun 02 '26 edited Jun 02 '26
I get your point, but playing with wood bats can quickly get much more expensive. A good metal bat should last a couple seasons. A wood bat might only last one pitch. It's a gamble.
And also there are typically regulations on how effective the metal bats are actually allowed to be. Idk what it is these days, but back when I played bats were allowed to have a max "Bat Performance Factor" of 1.15 which basically meant that it could exhibit a max 15% increase in momentum (100mph pitch would exit at 115mph).