2023 META vs. 2022 META | USSSA Baseball Bat Review

What up, what up folks? Will here with the Baseball Bat Bros. We got a showdown between the 2023 meta and last year's meta, the 2022. New tech in this bat. We're going to see if it's actually better. We have 313 new players here today. We're going to interview each of you guys. Name? Tyler. Gamer? Cat 9 composite drop 5. Favorite college baseball team? LSU. Favorite food? Steak. Good answers, good answers. Alright, name? Jett. Gamer? Drop 8 ZOA. Favorite college baseball team? LSU. Did you just say that because he said it? No. Favorite food? Steak. Did you just say that because he said it? No. Name? Ryan. Gamer? Drop 3 Voodoo 1. Favorite college baseball team? Oregon State. Same, attaboy. Favorite food? Just chicken. In general? Just chicken. And our location for the day is the top secret beautiful field in the forest. We've got 260 down the right field line. We have 290 to dead center and then it's deep and left. We have 315 and left. Alright folks, same exact bat here. 3224 drop 8 U triple SA. We have 100 break and each bat. This has the new gapped wall technology. They fully went away from this tech on the orange meta and the 2021 black and gold meta. And this was a fan favorite. I think it combined it all. This was our number two ranked U-trip bat behind the Cat 9 composite. And in our initial test, this didn't do quite as well. So we're going to see if this is as good, better, or even regressed from last year's meta gear. Maybe. You got a little pop to it. Boy, morning track. Did you get it? Oh, bottom of the wall, boy. Attaboy. Does it feel good? Are you guys getting run up at all? Not really. Yeah, it feels awesome on that. So much better than me when I was your age. Oh, on the track? Have you hit it out here ever? Yeah, I've hit two. All right, so overall, you guys like it? Yeah, it's good. Feels good. It's a good bat. All right, orange bat. So much better. Really? Yeah. Dude, that was hammered. I want to lay out. Oh, no, you didn't. Right there. Oh, go up and get it. What sound is cooler? The green one. The green one sounds sick. That's crazy. All right, you're done. Bullseye juice, oh boy. That was crazy sound. So is it close, do you think? It's close. Like it's a really close match. All right, bro, all right. Doesn't matter. All right, folks, a little bat madness style voting. You guys are all familiar with bat madness, right? Out of the goods and the gunner. Three, two, one. The goods. Yeah, clean sweep. So we're gonna do a little three to one countdown. You're gonna either say green or orange. Are you guys decided? Yeah. Do you have your votes? And you know what happens to the losing bat if it loses, right? Here comes the putter throw and it's gone. Every, how do you feel? Yeah, I agree, bro. On the count of three. Three, two, one. Oh, you went green. See ya. See, oh my goodness, you pulled it, bro. All right, the throw gone wrong, but you just cleared the dugout. All right, Tyler, you went orange bat. Why did you pick the old meta? Just felt like it had more pop. Really? A little bit bigger sweet spot. Right on, man. The other one, the green one, it felt better and sounded a little bit better, but I like this one better. You felt like that was hotter, even though the green one felt a little better. All right, Jet, let's hear where you're at, bro. Is it just because you hit the bomb or what? What do you think? It's because I had a little more pop and it was a bit lighter. All right, so easier for you to swing. Your first ever bat madness loss. First of all, how does it feel? Pretty bad. So why did you pick the green one? You were smashing with both. Probably just because it felt better and the feel means a lot to me, and I really like whenever the bat feels great. All right, folks, so the old meta with the slight upset over the new meta. I was kind of surprised they went with different tech on the new 2023. I felt very similar in our drop five showdown. This bat sounded incredible and felt amazing, but I do think this might just be a little hotter, honestly, and it's definitely lighter swinging. They're both amazing bats. Don't get me wrong. You would like either of these, but this bat, man, and I'm also talking about the 2021, the black and gold meta, was one of the first U-trip bats we found besides the Marucci cat composites that really combined it all. Light swing weight, a durable bat, good pop, and a good sweet spot, and you don't see that with a lot. Usually you'll compromise in one of those areas, but this bat was great. Hopefully they come out with a limited run of it later on or something like that. I do know there are still some of these and definitely still some of those 2021 black and gold bats, so if you guys like the video, make sure to drop a like, subscribe to the channel. You can find our rankings for these bats over at baseballbatbros.com along with our merch. We'll see you next time. Peace out.