Hitting with the EASTON ROPE | BBCOR Baseball Bat Review

what up what up we here with the baseball bat Bros and today folks the new $500 two-piece composite BB Corp from Easton we have the Rope today been getting a ton of requests for this bat this is allegedly new tech from that ADV from last year that is now like super cheap nobody really liked it so it has been a minute since Eon had a good two-piece composite BB core let's see if it's better than like something like the icon which is really high in our rankings let's get it all right folks we got the Rope today but we're going to start out and finish with a couple other bats we got the 2023 eastn hype composite I call it the ADV hype but it's just the hype we need to see if the $500 rope is actually better and actually different than the $150 hype comp and then we will swing one of the most used composite bats that we've seen in college baseball in a long time the Rawlings icon 390 to Center 330 down the lines same baseball for every hit rap sto for exit ELO testing let get it hey good Barrel right there 99 mph I would think that's a home run You' be right yes sir just jammed yeah just I wish there was more sweet spot on this stat 100 milph oh that was perfect but rolled it perfect that was a shot 101 430 all right the eastn Rope A lot of people are really hyping this thing up I've seen this a few times in college baseball but overall for releasing I think last summer I've not seen this bat used very much at all they do say it's new tech from the hype and they actually even claim you don't need to break this in that's not true this didn't feel very good at first it sounded pingy like the hype I've put about 200 swings on it and it's starting to feel a lot better A good Barrel was 101 I rolled over a 103 does that sound different to you yes you think it sounds a little different there definitely feels like we have a softer more forgiving sweet spot on the Rope the weighting and everything though feels super super similar n there's still a pain there like we we'll do a blind a blind hit here and see if you can tell the difference in the sound that sounded pretty good really good Barrel 103 there we go I've even heard people say oh this is the BB core version of the hype fire that's not that's not not the case same hit same hit as the one with the hype 102 yeah it's it's not very hot what we have here is a contact hitting bat very similar to The Meta and for $500 an entry-level type BB core like that that doesn't make any sense to me if anything this would be a cheaper bat I I don't know why you'd buy this for $500 maybe the icon disappoints us but from what I remember the icon hits a lot better great 100 milph I like it I don't love it it's an okay BB core bat it has no business being $500 there we go 104 I'm putting the barrel on it pretty well it's easy to swing 104 again 104 again all right I want to see the hyp again okay we'll go one more swing with this guy dude it's so similar 104 it's not different enough for it to be 500 bucks when you get this for 150 but we ain't looking for the most okay bat we're looking for the best bat so we're going to try the icon here that's so different 106 end of the bat 102 a missed it that's gone Way Gone you barely feel it off the barrel man 99415 that was under it and hands 107 wow it's not even close bro wow 105 440 438 the icon is the only composite BB core you should consider swinging outside of maybe the combat if you're going to like bring me the argument that well contact hitter would do better with this bat the atlas is way better for a contact hitter the cadx the Vandal way better for a contact hitter it is good for barreling the ball it's good for hitting singles I will give it that it's it's a lot like The Meta you just really feel it off the barrel like you really have to power through the ball a lot more it doesn't quite bounce off like it does on the icon that was a really good swing yeah 97 396 103 it's a good 2 to 3 miles hour down at least 2 mes hour to be conservative 105 finally got our high but has a hard time elevating the ball really a contact bat and last thing I'm kind of interested to consider is if we get a bat with a even slightly lighter swing weight with like the mock AI with a one piece alloy I could have done that Atlas but I always use the [Music] atlas that was hammered 104 391 d dude 105 395 I just don't see the use for a two-piece composite if it's going to be more expensive than anything else