1 What is the Purpose of a Baseball Bat Ring?
A restrictor ring is put into place to stop the barrel from flexing too much. Some associations have stringent exit velocity mandates and a ring in the sweet spot curbs the speed of the batted ball.
2 What Types of Restrictor Rings are there?
Composite Discs
Metal Rings
Composite Rings
Tubes
Molded Composites Layers
Floating Tubes
Plastic Rings
All referred as simply “restrictor ring” or just “ring”
3 Is Baseball the only Bats with Restrictor Rings?
No, some Slow Pitch Softball and Fast Pitch Softball bats also have barrel flex restricting devices. Most of the rings in these bats are actually tubes to stop the bat from flexing to a certain point. These tubes are more prevalent in USA (ASA) type bats.
4 What Baseball Bats have Restrictor Rings?
Most USA Baseball and Bbcor bats have some type of ring in the barrel; although there are some that do not. The bats that do not simply make the wall of the bat thicker to “deaden” the flex of the barrel. For instance, Marucci does not place a ring in the barrel they just make the barrel thicker. Easton does the same thing with their Composite Project Advanced bats but the Easton Maxums, Quatros and most alloy Easton bats have rings inside the barrel on the sweet spot.
3 Comments
does the warstic bonesbr hybrid bbcor also have a ring?
Yes, The Warstic Bonesaber USA has a ring.
Hello – Does a Warstick bonsaber USA hybrid have a ring? Thanks