Worth Baseball Bat Review - Baseball Bat Reviews

I've said that Rawlings is the Rodney Dangerfield of baseball bats and baseball bat reviews. If that's true then Worth is the Joe Piscopo of baseball bats. You know he's still out doing comedy shows somewhere on earth, but you just don't care. You should already know where I'm going on this, and it won't be pretty.

Worth has come out with the most senseless hype I've ever read in a baseball bat review. Then to top it, they promote the acronyms of this hype. This is some of their actual spin, with my sarcastic comments added:

• ­ "Performance Inner Core – 2 layers of composite fibers are assembled with polylayers in between and then cured under high heat." Polylayers in-between? Cured under high heat? As opposed to low heat?
  

• ­ "Rapid Air Vacuum process (RAV) – pressurized mold holds layers in place as air is rapidly vacuumed out of the composite structure." Oh yeah, I'm buying a bat because air was vacuumed out of it rapidly. Hey everybody my bat's better than yours because it's got RAV!
  

• ­ "Epoxy Induction Process (EIP) – a proprietary 2 part epoxy is pulled through the woven layers under constant heat and pressure, after the Rapid Air Vacuum process is complete." Hmm looks like RAV wasn't enough to make this bat the best in the world, it also needed EIP. So Worth bats have "layers in-between" and "epoxy pulled through the layers". You've got to be kidding me!

How about being honest? Something along the lines of Worth bats are not the best quality bats on the market and don't stack up well against the top bats. That's why we don't charge the same as the best bats on the market! Wouldn't that make more sense? Anyway, here is what Worth is offering:

100% Composite:

• Titan – Adult only 100% composite, one piece bat. Worth does not specify whether this, or any of their bats, has a stiff or flex handle. What even more confusing is that they claim it has an "aluminum layer designed for inner strength". An aluminum layer? For inner strength? Is this a composite or aluminum bat? Needless to say there are better options for low cost composite bats.

• Mayhem Comp – Youth only 100% composite, one piece bat with no information on the handle. The write up on this bat is very similar to the Titan, so I'd assume they're the same bat.
  

100% Alloy:

• Lithium Prodigy/Edge/Amp – Three names for the same bat. The name changes based on if it's an adult, senior league or youth bat. 100% alloy, one piece bat. Again no information on the handle. Go elsewhere.

Worth makes other bats that are on the bottom of the price range.  Those brands are the Copperhead, Prodigy and Mutant. Yes they really name a bat the Mutant. Nothing to consider here unless you're playing t-ball.

This was by far the toughest review I've ever done but I make no apologies. Worth has a long way to go to compete in the baseball bat industry.

Make sure you visit my reviews of the other baseball bat manufacturers, the difference between composite and aluminum bats, stiff and flex handles, one or two piece bats and much more at Baseball Bat Reviews.

Article submitted Saturday, September 06, 2008
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