Hitting with the 2025 DeMarini ZEN | USSSA Baseball Bat Review

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Today we're reviewing the new USSSA DeMarini Zen which will be replacing the Zoa for 2025. The Zen features DeMarini's new "Dark Matter Composite" and is allegedly supposed to be one of the hottest DeMarini U-Trips ever made.
Our BBCOR/USSSA/USA Bat Rankings: baseballbatbros.com/
2025 Zen product page: www.justbats.com/products/bat...
Our exit velo tracking unit (Rapsodo 3.0 Pro): rapsodo.com/pages/baseball-pl...
The baseballs we use: www.amazon.com/Champro-Kevlar...

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  • @chadmanl2121
    @chadmanl2121Ай бұрын

    As a father to a 16 yr old ball player who played travel since 8 in SoCal, it’s been interesting watching kids who mashed with -10, -8, -5’s struggle once bbcor is required. You have to learn how to hit especially when velo is high and there are secondary pitches. It’s fun watching the 12 yr olds who are more physically developed launch balls but I know so many of those kids who quit once they got into 9th grade. Teach boys how to hit with a light wood bat or a Baum when they’re young so they can make the transition easier.

  • @chriswise1232

    @chriswise1232

    Ай бұрын

    Yep. They need the wood bat tournaments before they get to HS.

  • @matthewthompson7012

    @matthewthompson7012

    Ай бұрын

    Contact over power. Kids don't understand the importance of placing a ball, they only wanna hit dingers 😂 Going thru this phase with my son right now.

  • @ivanjohnson9244

    @ivanjohnson9244

    Ай бұрын

    Agreed, kids should always hit BP with a wood bat before their game bat.

  • @rdd2devore409

    @rdd2devore409

    Ай бұрын

    Part of our 10U practices often incorporate rewards for hitting backside, moving runners.

  • @chadmanl2121

    @chadmanl2121

    Ай бұрын

    @@rdd2devore409 I’m not a former player but from what I’ve observed, what you’re teaching seems so be what coaches want!! Can you move the runner over, can you execute a play? That seems to get boys more playing time over the player who goes to the plate looking to hit one over the fence. If you want to play, you have to play team baseball. I’ve seen kids who mashed at 12-13u who can’t execute and move a runner over. Those guys always end up sitting and eventually quitting because they never get off the bench. They look great during BP but they never play. Thea coaches seem to want line drives oppo. Obviously that’s really hard. I’ve only seen a handful of HR’s in freshman and JV… maybe a dozen in varsity??? You can’t go up to the plate thinking you’re going to hit one over a 350’ fence when a 17-18 yr old is throwing 85+ with movement and secondary pitches. It just seems to limit your success. The guys that seem to play more are good contact hitters who hit line drives oppo. You’re teaching your boys the right thing to play in HS for sure.

  • @VelocityFilms83
    @VelocityFilms83Ай бұрын

    I’ve been waiting forever for this review after the short

  • @GoofyJod

    @GoofyJod

    Ай бұрын

    Bro me too

  • @DaltonPorter-eu7jq

    @DaltonPorter-eu7jq

    Ай бұрын

    Same

  • @nickkerr5714

    @nickkerr5714

    Ай бұрын

    Ya bro forever for real

  • @CarrsonCluff-ro7kd

    @CarrsonCluff-ro7kd

    11 күн бұрын

    fr

  • @oakley125
    @oakley125Ай бұрын

    Amazing video, Will! Your thoroughness and unbiased reviews mean the world to us parents buying these bats. My 10yr old son and I wanted to fall in love with the zen drop 8, but after this video we’ll be going icon 30/22 instead.

  • @mosesbuddhajesus3362
    @mosesbuddhajesus3362Ай бұрын

    Just your regular reminder to come back and do Softball bat vids too! Loving your content

  • @Rude_dude450

    @Rude_dude450

    Ай бұрын

    Just finished a baseball game

  • @joesmoe4778

    @joesmoe4778

    Ай бұрын

    based af bring back slowpitch 😱

  • @michaelparkerdesign

    @michaelparkerdesign

    19 күн бұрын

    Fast pitch

  • @Rude_dude450

    @Rude_dude450

    18 күн бұрын

    @@michaelparkerdesign baseball

  • @jay7489
    @jay7489Ай бұрын

    I’ve been waiting the whole day for this!

  • @luamaddis5208

    @luamaddis5208

    Ай бұрын

    Sameeee

  • @Drive_Fast_4_Jesus

    @Drive_Fast_4_Jesus

    Ай бұрын

    Same

  • @Baseball4life160

    @Baseball4life160

    Ай бұрын

    Same he said it’s coming tonight yesterday. I think he should go live hitting.

  • @Cloudzs16

    @Cloudzs16

    Ай бұрын

    Same

  • @Logan_Golf

    @Logan_Golf

    Ай бұрын

    SAMEEE

  • @rickjimenez8893
    @rickjimenez8893Ай бұрын

    Thank you Will for keeping it 100 with your reviews! Great work!

  • @calmdownsleepytime
    @calmdownsleepytimeАй бұрын

    Boom! If I had this I'd definitely make it to the outfield grass 💥

  • @USAbaseball99
    @USAbaseball99Ай бұрын

    I know it’s a good day when y’all post

  • @DB18_DC4L
    @DB18_DC4LАй бұрын

    Keep it up bballbatbros I love the vids and always watch thx for always making my day when you post

  • @sffan10
    @sffan10Ай бұрын

    Since DeMarini figured out what Dark Matter is to make their Dark Matter Composite, it would be nice for them to share that discovery with all the physicists who have been trying to figure that out for decades.

  • @nickkerr5714

    @nickkerr5714

    Ай бұрын

    Marketing is different than science

  • @nukeboys4080
    @nukeboys4080Ай бұрын

    Thanks for the honest review. I had a sneaky suspicion it was a ZOA repaint. Too many red and brown ones didn’t sell…looks like it, sounds like it, performs like it…

  • @FilmColossus
    @FilmColossusАй бұрын

    IVE WAITED SO LONG FOR YOU TO HIT THE LIGHT

  • @Josh_23e
    @Josh_23e23 күн бұрын

    You guys should do an all time bbcor bat madness at some point with all the most hyped bats. Like the OG bat madness with all the different categories but with bats not just from the current year, so like a round could have the green goods, bone saber hybrid, cat x connect… etc. I think it’d be really cool to see all the bats that everyone loved in the last few years face off against all the new bats.

  • @footballcj58
    @footballcj5814 күн бұрын

    The world of USSSA bats is so crazy lol “only 113 bro!” These bats are nutty. My son is just now old enough to play travel ball with USSSA and it’s a crazy fun time. All these kids are holding rocket launchers in their hands 😂

  • @raulmares9984
    @raulmares99842 күн бұрын

    Just got this for my nephew!! Your videos were very helpful

  • @Jamesnick9260
    @Jamesnick926029 күн бұрын

    Thanks for the great review

  • @aidencarini3216
    @aidencarini3216Ай бұрын

    if this comment gets to 1k likes then the baseball bat bros legally have to send me a 32 drop 5 2025 dimarini zen (now that this comment is near 1k likes I would like to say that they are not obligated to anything)

  • @jamesdutchman8862

    @jamesdutchman8862

    Ай бұрын

    Well, he's got one right there.

  • @roguegorilla8981

    @roguegorilla8981

    Ай бұрын

    I'll give it a dislike instead

  • @Pottstown_On_Top

    @Pottstown_On_Top

    Ай бұрын

    @@roguegorilla8981oooh i can tell you were feeling mischievous today.

  • @roguegorilla8981

    @roguegorilla8981

    Ай бұрын

    ​@@Pottstown_On_Topit's opposite day

  • @hildenbrandt21

    @hildenbrandt21

    Ай бұрын

    I hope it gets there and you get nothing because it's demarini not dimarini

  • @michaelcollman7451
    @michaelcollman745127 күн бұрын

    Me and my son love watching these videos. It’s interesting to watch the other kids in the travel league we are in hit with all these bats you guys use and rarely do they ever get decent outfield hits. Meanwhile we have been using an Easton Elevate 30” -10 for the last 3 years and every hit he gets is in the outfield. I wonder what this kid can do if I can ever afford one of these $400 to $500 bats.

  • @karljellema3802
    @karljellema3802Ай бұрын

    Love you guys !

  • @okGM013
    @okGM013Ай бұрын

    Hey Will, great video! Do you think the 2025 select pwr will have half sizes? If so, please let me know. It’s my favorite bat of all time but I might have to get an atlas if I can’t get a 33.5”.

  • @JudandCoop
    @JudandCoopАй бұрын

    Than you for the bat review

  • @Gamershark356
    @Gamershark356Ай бұрын

    You guys should come to my game on May 31 at Wahconah Park at 7:00 PM, its a really cool ballpark with a wooden grandstand. One of the last ballparks with that.

  • @recklesshilbily94
    @recklesshilbily9429 күн бұрын

    love to see you and king of juco do some of these bat reviews and then use those bats to do a home run derby

  • @Rotten14907_on_xbox
    @Rotten14907_on_xboxАй бұрын

    Great vid Will, can’t wait for that new atlas!!

  • @Troonshooter
    @TroonshooterАй бұрын

    Been waiting for this let’s go

  • @L.Simonar
    @L.Simonar23 күн бұрын

    As a softball player, when I look at the icon it reminds me of a softball bat made by Rawlings called the mantra. It is also made of composite and it hits bombs.

  • @kzarnold3678
    @kzarnold3678Ай бұрын

    Good times nicely done 👍

  • @darrylcline2083
    @darrylcline2083Ай бұрын

    Love the video and comparison. Please put the XL1s up against the Icon/Fire.

  • @JretnuH
    @JretnuHАй бұрын

    Been waiting for days bro

  • @benwilcox6807
    @benwilcox6807Ай бұрын

    You should compare it to the DeMarini glitch -5 because I have one, and it sounds the same.Great video

  • @carsonmccabe

    @carsonmccabe

    Ай бұрын

    the glitch is just a repaint of that years cf zen

  • @CarterS_99
    @CarterS_99Ай бұрын

    I love y’all ❤ best KZreadrs ever

  • @arclight5455
    @arclight545529 күн бұрын

    I Fing love the sound!!!!!

  • @Dillyne
    @DillyneАй бұрын

    Love the videos! You should review the axe origin!

  • @rdd2devore409
    @rdd2devore40929 күн бұрын

    Right, we are teaching the player to be complete ball players, team players, versatile athletes who understand the game. The earlier these concepts are introduced the better IMO, cheers.

  • @delcy28
    @delcy2822 күн бұрын

    Favorite -5 yesterday...Marucci Black. Kid crushed a ball w it!

  • @jesusmaldonado3189
    @jesusmaldonado318928 күн бұрын

    Great video! Not baseball related but I want to see you swing the new softball Easton tantrums

  • @nehemiahkartchner-dh2wj
    @nehemiahkartchner-dh2wj9 күн бұрын

    bought the zen n literally came straight to this video

  • @samuelrowland76
    @samuelrowland76Ай бұрын

    The new zen (-5) sounds a lot like the old green (-5) cf zen. I had a green zen back when and those were crazy. Mine lasted a pretty long time too if I remember right

  • @murphygordon9385
    @murphygordon9385Ай бұрын

    First of all love the reviews. Also I been watching Tennessee play in the sec tournament and it looks like they are using a 2 piece atlas. Can you kinda look into that

  • @matthewm5845
    @matthewm584527 күн бұрын

    Hey bat bros, I’ve got a question. While watching the acc and sec tournament, I’ve been paying attention to all of the bats and I’ve noticed that there is a little piece of tape on the hands of each bat. Would you have any idea what that is? Thanks!

  • @MrLookitisbr22
    @MrLookitisbr2222 күн бұрын

    Great vid, thank you

  • @kings_kicks
    @kings_kicks12 күн бұрын

    Im going into high school next year and have a big question. Whats the overall best bat for high school? (Best pop, speed, etc) also… is composite or bbcor better? Does it matter? Thanks!

  • @263production9
    @263production9Ай бұрын

    “We might have really hit a car bad” I’ve been waiting for this moment

  • @Snowball-kg4br
    @Snowball-kg4brАй бұрын

    if this comment gets to 5000 likes, the baseball bat bros have to send me a 30 -5 hype fire usssa

  • @BaseBro6

    @BaseBro6

    5 күн бұрын

    No

  • @shaquilleoatmeal1365

    @shaquilleoatmeal1365

    4 күн бұрын

    Not happing lil bro 💀

  • @stop736
    @stop736Ай бұрын

    Absolutely spanked that Icon…☠️

  • @nathanmessam6214
    @nathanmessam6214Ай бұрын

    I was waiting alll day

  • @KingNoah135
    @KingNoah13527 күн бұрын

    Will needs to join a Men’s League

  • @robertwest3093

    @robertwest3093

    19 күн бұрын

    Will can hit some taters!

  • @QuinnMinyardBaseball
    @QuinnMinyardBaseball14 күн бұрын

    I think there has been a big step up in usssa bats since I used them 3-4 years ago because I was using those dirty south bats and I thought they were the best bats ever but now comparing them to these modern composites they are miles better.

  • @COWBOYPT-YTorRevelantcarp7824
    @COWBOYPT-YTorRevelantcarp7824Ай бұрын

    Great vid

  • @Harrydogdiggity
    @Harrydogdiggity28 күн бұрын

    Hey will I have a question what's a better bat out of these 3. Bonesaber hybrid, atlas, or the pencil bat?

  • @gbonar
    @gbonar26 күн бұрын

    Hey I have been watching you guys for a while now and I think a review that would be very cool and fun. Would be to review the 2018 DeMarini cf zen drop 3. It is a very good bat and I have swung it for a long time and it just recently broke/died. I hope you can read this comment and think about it. But if you don't then keep making amazing videos :)

  • @delcy28
    @delcy28Ай бұрын

    Maybe mix in some good alloy/hybrid for comparison. Like the Encore or Atlas.

  • @chadanian69
    @chadanian6913 күн бұрын

    1:40 It's the exact same with the easton xl1, I got a drop 8 thinking it would be as op as the drop 5 but it was just kinda average. I tried someone else's drop 5 and it was insane

  • @jaredpratt6498
    @jaredpratt6498Ай бұрын

    Let’s get a fu***** bat bros home run derby with the 2024 or 2025 bats!!! Let’s get it BIG BOYS!!

  • @keatonskidmore93
    @keatonskidmore93Ай бұрын

    Need to see the bonesaber hybrid USSSA

  • @lanesworldfilm
    @lanesworldfilm23 күн бұрын

    would love to see a vid on the old drop 5 easton stealth. they were silver alloy barrel with a green handle.

  • @jameshuff8763
    @jameshuff876314 күн бұрын

    We might have hit a car bad. Lmao best line in bat bros history

  • @greatswamp09
    @greatswamp0923 күн бұрын

    Will would you go with a BBCOR V1 Nox , or Easton Split ? If they were the same price which would you prefer ?

  • @bigdaddydunker2302
    @bigdaddydunker230229 күн бұрын

    New Axe Strato 2. Sounds different. Feels different. Would love to hear what you think...

  • @joemo1033
    @joemo1033Ай бұрын

    I love that they harnessed dark matter, for a baseball bat.

  • @chriswise1232

    @chriswise1232

    Ай бұрын

    It's a step above scandium.

  • @bkollective
    @bkollective29 күн бұрын

    I'd like to see the first gen BBCORs (2012?) vs today's and see the exit velo differences

  • @TLRChad
    @TLRChad27 күн бұрын

    My kid loves his -8 Icon.

  • @ReidH15
    @ReidH1523 күн бұрын

    Can you do a review on a custom warstick wood bat, I want to buy one but I don’t know if it is good or not?

  • @calebclausen153
    @calebclausen15329 күн бұрын

    Could you hit with the DoveTail carbon-wood bats? I don’t think yall have had a review with them yet, but I think they’re similar to the Baum bats

  • @Aiden-fz1ex
    @Aiden-fz1ex4 күн бұрын

    I swung this bat today and it blew my pb velo out of the water it went from 84 to 86 at 13 years old

  • @bennettbuckingham5029
    @bennettbuckingham502929 күн бұрын

    I remember when they would hit a 102 410 foot nuke with the green zen and flip out abt it, now they have a different hot bat, but they hit it 120 555 instead

  • @AD-cc9ft
    @AD-cc9ftАй бұрын

    What about coupling durability? Think that'll be an issue too?

  • @chrisabbott3104
    @chrisabbott310410 күн бұрын

    Question! Can you review the new Bonesaber USSSA composite bat??

  • @Andrewtate293
    @Andrewtate293Ай бұрын

    Funny little video idea worst usssa bat vs best bbcor bat

  • @Camwood8-ui2jo
    @Camwood8-ui2joАй бұрын

    Can you do a showdown between the 2017 Demarini cf zen and the 2025 demarini zen please 🙏

  • @lionfang2086
    @lionfang208625 күн бұрын

    Would you recommend the cat x two piece or the clout IA for high school

  • @danieldault8166
    @danieldault816620 күн бұрын

    Where do you guys get your barrel size rings?

  • @chrisharmon8950
    @chrisharmon895025 күн бұрын

    You need to do one on the first green model xl1 -5 that was the hottest bat when I played in 2013-2016 hit many many many tanks with it

  • @kingranch51
    @kingranch51Ай бұрын

    Memorial Day tourney is Hype Fire Nation. Easton is printing money with that bat.

  • @cablethebomb695
    @cablethebomb69529 күн бұрын

    Can you please try the two piece composite Mizuno it was very hot when I got worked in please give it a try.

  • @wildcxrdfn
    @wildcxrdfn3 күн бұрын

    When did you get your aria leg guard? When I go to buy one they are all sold out.

  • @AspectIsGoatedatVal
    @AspectIsGoatedatValАй бұрын

    idk what it is, but I personally just like the zen better, maybe because they did something extra with the glitch repaint, but in 13u and 14u, I was hitting 450+ with the CF Glitch 2021

  • @rhegafd
    @rhegafdАй бұрын

    You need t o have a session where you bring in rock stars and have the goal of hitting the light. That would be fun to watch.

  • @Trippy9101
    @Trippy9101Ай бұрын

    I was at my tournament and I was hitting and I looked at my icon ad it had a crack next to the connecter

  • @TylerCC_
    @TylerCC_26 күн бұрын

    Can you please make a video on the new Louisville Slugger PRO Prime wood bats like the CB35? They claim they have a new finish that makes them 30% more harder than their past Prime MLB Wood bats at the same price. Would love to get a EV test and see if it holds true. Thanks!

  • @BarrelBombs
    @BarrelBombsАй бұрын

    120mph is crazy, dude!

  • @zanekennedy1309
    @zanekennedy1309Ай бұрын

    I've wondered for a while now, when you're hitting so many tanks, what's the baseball budget look like?

  • @Reve_fn
    @Reve_fnАй бұрын

    You should do a showdown hype fire Icon 2025 Zen 2017 Zen

  • @kaseycanale7589
    @kaseycanale7589Ай бұрын

    Can you please do the Rawlings Icon or Hype Fire vs. Juiced 2019 MLB baseball?

  • @ChadThurby
    @ChadThurby25 күн бұрын

    Do you live on bend now? And do you guys buy bats at the elks stadium? I have 2 warstic bonesaber bbcor 33/30 in wrapper

  • @user-uw1wr2sm5x
    @user-uw1wr2sm5x26 күн бұрын

    What’s the best bbcor bat I can get if I’m looking for a new one

  • @JaxonWilliams-mk4cc
    @JaxonWilliams-mk4cc28 күн бұрын

    Can you test the drop 8 bonesaber hybrid pls I don’t know if the drop 8 is gonna be good

  • @Okbaseballboyz
    @Okbaseballboyz24 күн бұрын

    When are you guys going to review the new Bonesaber Composite?

  • @scaryfstball100
    @scaryfstball10029 күн бұрын

    "A new era of performance." I'm sold and I haven't swung a bat in over 4 years.

  • @BumaTherman
    @BumaTherman17 күн бұрын

    So is this a high school bat? When I used to play it was -3 only I didn’t know there was different legal drop sizes

  • @felixabeyta7034
    @felixabeyta7034Ай бұрын

    If you had to make a 1-9 baseball bat line up what bats would they be like which one would be hitting clean up and stuff like that?

  • @Clovr13

    @Clovr13

    Ай бұрын

    That’s a great idea for a fun video

  • @firewater652
    @firewater65229 күн бұрын

    Do they not make drop 3 anymore. Drop 3 was always my go to in high school. I just loved the extra weight. Don’t get me wrong I had an Omaha tpx drop 5 that was a tank and a redline drop 3 that the ball just exploded off of. I still have that damn gold redline.

  • @play_mo_games
    @play_mo_games25 күн бұрын

    You guys should do a review of the Mine Wood bats, Ive been getting nonstop adds for them on insta

  • @marshagrebjohnston8669
    @marshagrebjohnston86692 күн бұрын

    10Yro son loves his icon! 31 drop 8

  • @quintonwagoner5132
    @quintonwagoner5132Ай бұрын

    Yes!

  • @gmaanofn
    @gmaanofn19 күн бұрын

    Should I get a -5 zen or icon?

  • @Miller.Time1119
    @Miller.Time111927 күн бұрын

    For a USA bat should I get a 2024 F5, Stringking Metal or just get a 1 piece Bonesaber?

  • @Gunner-rm8el
    @Gunner-rm8el23 күн бұрын

    I am going to comment on every video from those point until the one and only Will Taylor comes and hits baseballs with me! #1

  • @notbulbous42
    @notbulbous4227 күн бұрын

    So for how much we actually get to use USSSA bats (tourneys), we haven’t been able to justify getting a new one. How much difference is there between these top bats and the 2022 Orange Meta?

  • @hyperdrive6325
    @hyperdrive6325Ай бұрын

    I’ve been waiting ever since the short dropped lmfao💀😭

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