Louisville Slugger Prime 918 USSSA Baseball Bat, 28" (-10)

Depends on the hitter on how much break in the bat will need. I purchased a 28/18 and it measures 27-5/8" long and weighs 18.7oz. I have put over 300 swings on this bat and it seems like it is finally waking up. The first bucket of balls were hit off the tee and soft toss while turning the bat and results were luke warm. I really thought it was going to be a dud until the first night of BP with the team. My son has always been a great hitter but this bat adds a lot of power to his game. He has a 28/16 Mako Beast that I think he has more control with but the Prime makes ground balls difficult to handle and line drives are just scorchers. I would imagine this bat requires close to 500 hits to be game ready unless your kid has the power to compress the barrel. I also changed the grip to a 1.1mm Lizard Skin grip because my son didn't like the taper grip. The Taper is just a buildup of foam under the grip and didn't take much effort to remove and make it a normal non-taper handle. The bat has zero vibration to the handle and my son says you really cant feel the ball in the sweet spot other then the tone of the bat changes. It sounds very powerful and is louder then his Solo 618 USA bat.

I bought this bat for my son a month ago and we are extremely happy with the pop and feel this bat has. Only downfall, every kid on the team wants to use it. I highly recommend it.