General Info

Big barrel bats:

Big barrel bats are specially made for kids going from little league level majors to the regulation size baseball field adults play on. This transition can be overwhelming for some kids especially those who haven’t developed as much. Big barrel bats help kids transition to the bigger field. The bats used on the smaller fields have a lot smaller barrel diameter but is lighter. These smaller diameter bats are also referred to as youth bats that have the numbers -13.5 to -9 to describe them. These numbers are the weight, in ounces, of the bat when you subtract the –number given from the length. So a 32 inch -11 bat would weigh 21oz.  Big barrel bats are usually around -10 to -5. These bats are referred to as Senior bats. Kids who have hit puberty early make better transitions to the bigger field more so than later bloomers.  These kids who have developed could skip the -8.5 and go to -3 bats that the will use in high school and in college. However, big barrel bats do help make the transition easier for other kids not yet ready for the heavier -3 adult bats.