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News — Barrel Compression

Axe Bat Slowpitch 2023: Technical Details

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While Axe Bat is no stranger to slowpitch softball, one thing is for certain, the 2023 Axe Bat slowpitch lineup is turning some heads… and for good reason.  While previous model iterations have provided ample performance and durability, specifically dating back to 2021, new regulations in the industry have allowed an opportunity to capitalize on years of research and development, and create a lineup of bats currently topping the industry in barrel performance.

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Technical Details: The 2023 Strato BBCOR

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After years of industry evolution, through thick and thin, it’s been proven time and again that one-piece alloy BBCOR bats are here to stay.

Offering low swings weights, extremely high barrel performance, and responsiveness that many players prefer, there are many good reasons to stick with a one-piece alloy construction, despite the tangible upgrades in tech offered by two-piece models.

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The In’s and Out’s of the 2023 Axe Avenge Pro Hybrid BBCOR

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The Avenge Pro Hybrid features the BBCOR debut of Axe Bat’s newest barrel technology: Precision Variable Blastwall.

Utilizing proprietary manufacturing technologies, our aluminum barrels are machined via CNC lathe to meet tolerances not previously possible. All 14-16” of barrel (dependent on bat length) is machined to tolerances as tight as 0.05mm – all to meet the peak performance players are accustomed to when stepping into the box with the industry’s newest hybrid in their hands.


Every size of each Avenge Pro Hybrid model is modeled via computer aided design (CAD) software to not only create product drawings and specifications for manufacturing, but more importantly, to simulate both weight and moment of inertia (“MOI” or “swing weight”) calculations before a bat barrel is ever created.  This allows our engineers to iterate countless times via CAD to ensure products are meeting specifications prior to manufacturing.

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Why a Hybrid Model is Best for USA Baseball

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The Avenge Pro Hybrid features many of the same benefits of a typical two-piece composite bat oft-seen around USA Baseball games, most importantly: Axe Bat’s shock suspension connection, but combines those features with a barrel tuned to perform to the true peak value of the USA-Bat legal limit, as is seen in the lab performance comparison below, measured via the Axe Performance lab. Further description of such charts can be found in our previous blog.

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Bat Performance Standards: How Do They Differ? What Do They Mean?

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Each individual governing body chooses to regulate bats via their own performance metrics; however, all modern metrics are measured identically via the bat performance cannon described above, and values that are compounded by the ratio of outbound to inbound speed measured by the cannon process. Each of these individual metrics are described below.

Each bat sold in the American bat market is required to pass certification testing at a third-party laboratory for its given regulatory stamp prior to production and sale of that bat design.

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