Best BBCOR Bats of 2025
THE BAT BRO SCALE is our rating system for BBCOR bats.
Due to BBCOR performance restrictions, THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS A PERFECT BAT. For instance, we typically find that the "most balanced" bats really struggle in the 'sweet spot' and 'power' categories... while many of the most "heavy/endloaded" bats have some of the best sweet spot/power scores in the entire BBCOR space. Every bat is going to have to compromise in at least one category.
1) Combat MFG Spec A1 BBCOR
The most electric bat in BBCOR.
The Combat Spec A1 sounds like a composite bat, it feels like a composite bat, it has the long barrel profile of a composite bat... but it's a moderately-priced 1-piece alloy bat.
We have swung this bat in a 32", 33", and 34" - and every one of them felt incredible. The one downside of this bat is that it will sting your hands on mis-hits a little bit... but it's worth it.
Wood Bat Turn Model Comparison: i13 / c243
2) Marucci RCKLESS Hybrid BBCOR
New review just dropped on YouTube!
Release Date: Late August / Early Sept
Wood Bat Turn Model Comparison: RA13
3) Marucci RCKLESS 1-pc BBCOR
New review just dropped on YouTube!
Wood Bat Turn Model Comparison: t141 / m110
4) Louisville Slugger Select Pwr BBCOR
The biggest sweet spot in all of BBCOR. You can think of the Select Pwr as a lighter-swinging "The Goods" with a tiny bit less pop, but an even more forgiving barrel. The Select Pwr has an incredibly comfortable feel on contact and you'll immediately notice its unique composite-esque sound. This is the most popular bat in college baseball - and for good reason.
Wood Bat Turn Model Comparison: i13 / c243
5) DeMarini Exile BBCOR
The 2026 Exile replaced "The Goods 1-piece" from DeMarini... and it's legit. The Exile swooped in and replaced the Atlas as the best "balanced" swinging BBCOR bat in the game. This has a very similar weighting and barrel to the Atlas, but the Exile is freaking HOT.
Wood Bat Turn Model Comparison: c271 / t141
Best USSSA Bats of 2025
The current lineup of -5 USSSA bats are the hottest baseball bats that have EVER been manufactured. Composite bats heavily outperform alloy/aluminum bats in the -5 USSSA category, and -5 bats typically outperform their -8 and -10 counterparts.
1) LOUISVILLE SLUGGER SUPRA
The 2026 Supra shocked the world (including us) when it tore through the entire bracket during our USSSA showdown video. The Supra is one of the few USSSA bats that checks every box:
The swing weight is very manageable, the sweet spot is super forgiving, the barrel looks enormous, it seems to be very durable, and it is one of the hottest bats of all time once broken-in correctly (you'll notice the sound change while it's breaking in).
The Supra is the hottest -5 in our opinion, and while it's not quite as hot as the Easton Dub in -8 & -10, it's gonna be easier to swing for younger players - and likely a bit more durable. This bat does require a good amount of break-in swings though (our only concern is that this bat may be difficult to break-in for younger players with slow bat speed).
2-pc Composite | $400
2) EASTON "THE DUB"
Drop 5: While the -5 Dub doesn't quite match the high-end max exit velos of the Supra, the sweet spot is MASSIVE on this thing.
Drop 8/10: The Easton Dub might be the only bat in USSSA that specifically thrives in the lighter -8 & -10 sizes. However, the Dub is pretty dang endloaded: the -8 really swings more like a -6, and the -10 really swings more like a -8. That being said, the Dub really seems to be noticeably hotter than anything else in the -8/-10 category... and it requires zero break-in at all.
2-pc Composite | $500...
3) RAWLINGS ICON
Similar to the SUPRA, the Icon is truly elite across all 3 drop weights (-5/-8/-10). The exit velos are just below the Supra in -5, and just below the Dub in -8/-10. However, THIS BAT IS AMAZING - and it being ranked #3 just goes to show how competitive the USSSA baseball bat industry has become.
2-pc Composite | $400
Honorable Mention: MARUCCI CAT 7/8/9/X
For the majority of younger travel ball players between 6 & 10 years old, you don't need to be spending $400+ on a composite bat.
The Marucci CAT 7/8/9/X (they're basically all the same) is a super reliable & affordable option that is gonna provide plenty of pop for younger players (the performance margin between alloy & composite is VERY slim in the drop 10 USSSA space - especially for younger hitters). If you can handle the loud PING, this bat is fantastic - easy on the hands and a great sweet spot.
1-pc Alloy | $80 to $199
Best "USA Baseball" Bats of 2025
"USA Baseball" is the new bat standard for Little League, Cal Ripken, and PONY leagues. These bats are much less hot than their "USSSA" counterparts.
The performance standard is very similar to BBCOR, so you can essentially think of USA bats as "light BBCOR bats". Due to this, you'll see that our top USA bat list closely mirrors our top BBCOR bat list. Similarly to BBCOR, composite USA composite bats don't really offer any performance advantage over alloy & hybrid USA bats. The "2-piece Hybrid" construction really seems to be the best-performing category in the USA space.
1) WARSTIC BONESABER HYBRID USA
The USA Bonesaber Hybrid is one of the lightest-swinging USA 2-pc Hybrids on the market, and really offers everything you could ask for in a USA bat: balanced swing weight, great exit velos, and a much better-feeling barrel than most other USA bats. It's one of the few USA bats that doesn't really "feel like a USA bat" when you hit with it.
2-pc Hybrid | $250
Comes in -10, -8, & -5
SWING WEIGHT: Balanced
2) LOUISVILLE SLUGGER SELECT PWR USA
The Select Pwr USA is the "HOTTEST" bat in USA baseball, but it is quite endloaded - making it somewhat exclusive to stronger power-hitters. The sweet spot is legitimately reminiscent of a USSSA bat.
2-pc Hybrid | $250
Comes in -10, -8, & -5.
SWING WEIGHT: Endload
3) VICTUS VIBE USA
The Victus Vibe (repainted as the Crayon bat and Pencil bat) is a fantastic USA bat for kids who want a hot, durable bat that is both easy on the hands and easy on the bank account.
1-pc Alloy | $150
Comes in -10 only.
SWING WEIGHT: Balanced
Best WOOD Bats of 2025
When considering a wood bat for non-professional players, we take into account durability, warranty, flexibility, and forgiveness on mis-hits... and that is almost always going to point towards a 'Wood Composite' bat (legal for nearly every Wood Bat league in America besides MLB/MILB).
Best Wood Composite: Louisville Slugger RA13 Comp
This is an exact replica of the best wood bat turn model in the game: the RA13... but it has a hollowed-out barrel with a reinforced composite handle - making this thing nearly indestructible.
This is one of the only "wood" bats that we would feel comfortable using off of high-velo pitching machine practice - with zero fear of any hand-sting or bat breakage. Hits like a wood bat, looks like a wood bat, sounds like a wood bat, feels like a composite bat.
While this has a hefty price tag for a wood bat ($300), you should be able to use bat this for MULTIPLE seasons.
Price: $300
Best MAPLE Wood Bat: Chandler
Maple is often gonna be slightly hotter & louder than most Birch or Wood Composite bats... but it's expensive, and every maple bat is inevitably gonna break at some point.
The 'crack' of the Chandler bats just hits different than the rest of the maple bats out there. Our favorite turn models from Chandler are the AJ99.2 (Aaron Judge's model - has has a big/forgiving barrel that's counterbalanced by a thick handle) and the RA13 (Ronald Acuña Jr's model - longest barrel in the wood bat industry and a lovely flared knob).
Price: $220
Best BIRCH Wood Bat: American Batsmith
While most birch bats aren't quite as hot as maple bats initially... they're almost always gonna be more durable.
American Batsmith does a great job of pre-compressing their birch bats which makes them hit a lot like a maple bat from swing 1. Our favorite turn models from them are the i13 (slightly endloaded) and t141 (slightly balanced).
Price: $180
The pine tar we use: KRAKEN
The stickiest tar in the game.
The OG Kraken 'Grip Stick' is what we use for the majority of the year, but we switch to the Kraken 'Death Grip' Spray in more extreme weather conditions (when it's either really hot/cold or raining/wet outside).
The BG's we use: FRANKLIN
Our go-to model is the Powerstrap Infinite Series ($65), but the $35 to $40 CFX Pro is by far the best bang-for-your-buck batting glove in the industry.
Durable, affordable, comfortable, and effective.
The BAT BRO BASEBALL
We partnered with KJ Pearls to develop the hottest baseball that we could possibly make. This black-seamed baseball is our go-to for any videos where we need a lil extra thump behind our hits (record-attempts, MLB stadiums, wood bat videos).
These things are ROCKS, so be careful about hitting them with your composite USSSA bats.