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Published by Cruz Herr, Marketing What is the Drop Weight of a Baseball Bat? The drop weight of a baseball bat is the difference between the length of the bat in inches and the weight of the bat in ounces. For example, a 30-inch, 20-ounce bat has a drop weight of -10. This means that the bat is 10 ounces lighter than it is long. On Axe Bats you can find the length and weight of your bat.  The drop weight is important because it affects the balance of the bat. A bat with a lower drop weight will be...

Babe Ruth League is excited to introduce Axe Bat as our Official Baseball and Softball Bat for the 2023 season! 

 Axe Bat’s mission is to create the world’s best bat for the player’s swing. From tee ball to Pro MVP’s, Axe Bat utilizes today’s latest technology to design bats to maximize every player’s potential at the plate.  

The prevalence of the term “MOI”, an abbreviation for “Moment of Inertia”, has become much more prevalent in today’s world of baseball and golf specifically. But what exactly does this term mean, and how does it relate to your baseball bat?

MOI is an engineering metric used to quantify the rotational inertia of an object – or the object’s tendency to resist angular rotation.  In this sense, it is similar to the concept of torque, and is measured in respect to a single “pivot” point.  In the case of bats, the pivot point is the hitter’s hands, and thus, all MOI measurements are calculated from a single point (6.0” from the tip of the knob) that approximates the central axis of an average hitter’s hands during the swing.