NEXT (SHIFT+N)BATTLE OF THE DECADES | Which era had the hottest baseball bats?11:500:19 / 10:35Z1000

What up, what up? We're here with the Baseball Bat Bros, and today, folks, we're gonna find out what is the best composite BB core of all time. A lot of people think it's gonna be one of these. We have the Band 2020 Meta, and then the old carrot stick, the 2015 Orange Easton XL1. But I think this is the real showdown, folks. We have the Rawlings Icon 2023 Sleeper Bat of the Century, the only $500 bat we really like. If you watch Bat Bros, you'll know that we're not very fond of most composite BB core bats. So this is a very slim bunch of bats. But here we have the 2012 Legend TPXZ1000, $500, $800 on eBay. And this is in primo condition. Shout out to our homie, Drew Burris. So very expensive bats today, but we're gonna see what is the GOAT. Let's get it. This sounds insane. Oh my. All right, so none of these bats have been hit with a ton. I would say the XL1 probably has the advantage when it comes to break-in swings. Couple hundred hacks on this, couple hundred hacks on our Icon. And this Z1000's pretty new, so we'll see. I've heard people say they think the Z1000 is pretty frequently a cheater bat, and that there might be even like a single guy that doctors these bats, potentially pops the end cap off, takes out the restrictor ring, and it basically becomes like a beast or composite. This one is for sure legit, though. This is almost new. It has that weird kind of glass sound. But we're gonna start out with the bat that got banned for basically being too durable. It wouldn't break, and it just kept getting hotter and hotter. We have the Louisville Slugger 2020 Meta. One of the best bunting bats of all time. Perfect, perfect. All right, that was a good start. 98.7, didn't even go out. Underwhelming kickoff for the Meta. Here's our dimensions, by the way. Kind of a big league style field. See ya. Off the street, baby. Still only 96. Huh, easy to swing, good sweet spot, but I've always personally been shocked that this got banned. It's not that good. That's jammed a little, I think. Oh, but that flew better. 96. That's as hard as I can hit it, dude. Sounds pretty cool. All right, there we go. Actually pretty good for a composite bat, 102.6. All right, another bat, the Orange XL1. This bat was really famous in USSS. We're gonna see if the BB Corps version's also good. That feels just like the Meta. Feels the exact same, 96.5. It's super light. The XL1's supposed to be unloaded, but this is too thick. The sweet spot doesn't feel that good. It looks like it'd be so good towards the hands, but it's looking not. That's hit really well, 100.6. You hear how it's like pingy? Yeah. It's not what you want. If composite bats are pingy, it usually means they're not very hot. Yeah, this is 101.8. This bat is wholeheartedly mid. Now that we got that part over with, the bats that I think are very overrated, I don't know how they have that much hype. This is another bat that definitely could fall in that overrated category. We're gonna see, though. It might shut me up. The TPX Z1000, primo condition, Drew Burris. We love you. I don't know, dude. I don't know, Cam. 101.1, off the batter's eye. Cam, this thing's crazy. This thing's absolutely crazy. 103.1, that's our new high. Oh, very into the bat. That sounds so weird. It's way heavier. God, it's hot. That said 106 flat. Kind of a top spinner, though. We don't like those. Like, that frickin' hurts. You hear the difference? That's an inch more on the hands. That only said 102, too. That wasn't as good as I thought, but it's good. It's better than the Meta, better than the XL1. All right, let's see if the Icon can dethrone the reigning champ, the Z1000. We had a couple kind of lower balls that were like 106, but most of our well-launched balls were right around 102, 103, so. And once again, this is the only $500 bat you'll ever hear us, like, endorse and rave about. Most of them are super overrated, like that Meta, for example, but composite BB cores are not very good, except for this. Oh, that sound. 105, but we don't like top spin. Ho, ho, ho, that was a frickin' bomb, dude. 101, 102.6, I'm lights out with this, bro. This has the best sweet spot out of all four bats here, no question. Dang it, I can't get it over that dang street. That's weighing on the hands. 101.4, this sweet spot's not close. This is pretty hard. 104.4, okay, one more. God, that's the best feeling. 104.4 again, okay, we'll do one more with each bat, except for the first two, those are lame. Z1000, this almost feels like the one-piece version of this. They're really similar. The XL1 and the Meta are similar, and the Z1000 and the Icon are kind of similar. This just has way more give. Duh! That road's impossible to clear. I'd definitely hit better with this, would you say? Oh, yeah. It's like the best round of my life. All right, that was a little too close to call, so we're gonna do one little hit track showdown. Z1000, Icon. Just missed. Still 102. Still, man. Just hands, 103.4. There's the freaking barrel. All right, 105.4. All right, Z1000. I must have missed the barrel there. I think that's barrel. Nope, not butt. I think, nope. Still missed somehow. It's out towards the end, I believe. I think it's like clear out here between the last two zeros. That's gotta be it. Almost! 103. That's, no! I know it's in the tank, but I don't know how to find it. Bro, did I break the bat? I freaking hammered that and it wasn't even 100. That's it. Dude, okay, I freaking hammered that. One more with the Icon just to make sure. I'm not even getting good swings off and it's routinely beating it. I think people are just taking the inner restrictor ring out of that bat because it's good for its time, but it's not that good. Just way more consistent, dude. Yeah, so this is right about the same as the Icon. All right, so what did we learn today? For one, we've been saying it for a while, guys. The 2020 meta just really isn't that special. Whenever we put this up against another bat, it typically loses. And then the Easton XL1 definitely did not really deliver today. Not much about this bat was XL. It wasn't even heavy swinging. Your typical large barrel, light swinging, composite contact hitting BB core. And then the Z1000, the best performer out of the three older composite bats today, but also just by far the highest expectations. I mean, people are legit flipping this bat for $800 on eBay. But guys, the Velo showed it. This is better. A lighter swing weight, a way more forgiving sweet spot. I can honestly say, guys, this is the best composite BB core I've personally ever swung. I've heard a lot of you guys vouch for the Prime 918. I will definitely listen to that, but this is, it's good, guys. It's good. It's for sure overrated. All three of these, I honestly think are overhyped, guys. I think the Icon, again, is probably the only bat I'd ever maybe consider dropping 500 bucks on.