Victus PENCIL Bat vs. Marucci CatX Connect | BBCOR Baseball Bat Review (winner faces THE GOODS)

What up, what up? We're here with the Baseball Bat Bros. And today, folks, we have a showdown between the Marucci Cat X Connect, one of the most popular bats in college baseball used by Charlie Condon, versus the infamous Pencil Bat. Let's get it. There it is. All right, folks, we're giving the Pencil Bat a chance here. And I haven't swung this bat in a while, at least the non-puck knob version. But if you talk to people that swing this bat, they will tell you they freaking love it. This is one of the most well-respected, loved, praised bats in the game right now. Really a true hybrid between a power-hitting bat and a contact-hitting bat. Ready? Go! And then the new BB Corps option from Victus here, the Pencil Hybrid 2.0. This is gonna be very similar to the Victus Nox. These are both two-piece hybrids, composite handle, alloy barrel. And to make the stakes even higher, the winner of this showdown is gonna face off against the Goods, which very well might be the single most popular bat in the game. All right, we're gonna start with the Caddx Connect. That's a pretty good barrel. 103. Got that decent little bit hands. We're on the board. Sorry, bro. Single. 104. I will say, every time I hit with this bat, I always think I'm gonna swing it better than I actually do. It takes me a while to kind of figure it out. It's very, very handle-loaded. Still not perfect barrel, 99. All right, we are getting there. Still just 103, though. See ya. That's the sound we want. 99, 409. That's barrel, just a little low. 105. 104. 106, there we go. Okay, we're gonna return to this. So-so round right there. Okay, round 104 to 106 with the Caddx Connect. Bunch of low, hard-hit balls. Bunch of line drives, kind of a lot of topspin. We'll see if we have any different results with this piece of art right here. That felt pretty good. 102, a lot shorter of a barrel. That felt like that should have been barrel, and that was a pretty bad jam shot, 96. That feels pretty good, actually. That was 105. It has this sense of swinging a little smoother, just because there's a touch more end load. It doesn't feel so handle-weighted. One big negative I do notice, this is all sweet spot right here on the Caddx Connect. Sweet spots clear out here on the Pencil Bat. Yeah, really can't let it get deep as well. Yeah, the sweet spot is the green metal piece. That's actually, yeah, that's exactly where it is. It's jammed. It doesn't hurt at all. It feels really good, but yeah, 97 on the hands. There we go. That was on the green piece. See ya, 99, 410. Yeah, there's probably three other two-piece hybrids I would take before these two bats. Yeah, off the green, 105, 380. 104, 398. All right, we'll get one more perfect barrel with each bat and try to figure out what gets to face the goods here. I think it's probably this. That was like our 96 jam shot type of hit placement, and we have 99, 403 feet right there. I got beat bad on that pitch, 101 miles an hour. I mean, I definitely thought I'd be hitting a little bit more, like Charlie Condon or Tommy Tanks. Turns out they're just a lot better than me. Yes! I definitely caught one, dude. Oh, that felt amazing. 100 miles an hour, 412. Neither of them are really like big time home run hitting bats in my opinion. They're good for catching barrels though, and that's enough for some guys. It's kind of growing on me. 99, 426. Jeez. Doesn't have a lot of sweet spot. Yeah, 96, 380. Okay, one more here. This wins, 106. That's pretty, pretty good. I feel like this is kind of trying too much to be like the goods, like a more end loaded power hitting bat. I don't feel like it does it that well. This bat provides its own unique value. It has a lot of barrel. It has some good pop, but mainly it just has a huge, huge hitting surface. It's very swingable. We're going to give the Caddx Connect another chance to jump the goods in our BB Corps rankings. You know, these are the two most successful bats it seems like in terms of division one baseball, home run hitting. You have a whole bunch of guys swinging this. You got Bazzana. Fly to left in the second. He swings and hammers it. If it's fair, it's the record. You got Caglione. Another fast ball. Look out, face on the scoreboard. And then obviously you guys have seen this bat do really well, LSU College World Series last year. So we are going to jump right into this guy. It is fragile. It is more expensive. Kind of mocking it with the money grip right there. Even though it breaks a lot, even though it's expensive, there has to be a reason so many people swing this bat. So we'll start with this guy. Definitely a little heavier. Oh, goodbye. Barely even got the barrel out right there. Kind of hands. That just spins the ball very well. 101, 412. 105, 372. It's just kind of heavy, guys. I can't believe people like this that much. I swear, my main takeaway from this video so far, I would rather swing the Bonesaber Hybrid. I would rather swing the Atlas. I would rather swing the Select Power. I would rather swing the Icon. These are my third, fourth, and fifth favorite two-piece hybrid bats, if I'm being truly honest. Dude, I can't catch the barrel. It's really good on miss hits though. 98, 407. There it is. Took me long enough, bro. All right, that was hit pretty hard. That showed 108 at first, but it switched to 107, 448. You gotta be an ox to swing that bat, dude. You gotta be stupid strong. It's not like these are 34s. These are 33s. 103. Those piss rod grounders. 105. Not good barrel, but just enough. 104. 100. Okay, one more with the goods. Just enough. Ah, off the wall. 98, 390. Gotta get, dude, I have to frickin' guess exactly where it's gonna be. 105, 386, last one. It is pretty amazing that you can hit it down here and hit a 98-mile-an-hour home run. I really have to swing hard to get this thing around. 106. All right, so in conclusion here, pencil bat, good, not great. Not even the best option within Victus or Marucci, in my opinion. And this is probably the third best bat here today. And between these two bats, the bats everyone's raving over, this is gonna hit the ball farther. It's gonna backspin the ball better. It sounds a little cooler. My exit velos were a touch better with the goods. Big sweet spot, really, really hot. This was more of a catch barrel, hit hard, low line drives kind of bat. If I had to pick one of these bats to game, I would probably pick the Caddx Connect just because I can personally swing it a little better. I'm catching barrels easier with it. I'm kind of surprised these bats got as popular as they did. Again, guys, I think these are my third and fourth favorite two-piece hybrid bats. I got the Bonesaber Hybrid. I got the Select Power. I got the Atlas. I got the Icon over these all day. I personally think both these bats are a little bit overhyped. And last thing here to wrap up, folks, keep in mind that guys swing these bats in college because their school is sponsored by that brand. There's Marucci Schools, there's DiMarini Schools, there's Louisville Slugger Schools, there's Easton and Rawlings Schools. These bats are very good, but I just really want to emphasize that the players swinging them are world-class future MLB talent. They're gonna hit 20-plus bombs with just about any bat. And it makes sense that these brands pay those schools because that's about as good of advertising as you could possibly ask for, right? So just keeping it real, both these bats are good, but they're not quite in that top tier of gamer territory for me.