2016 Easton Z-Core Hybrid TORQ Review

We would recommend the 2016 Easton Z-Core Hybrid TORQ (Price Check*) to players who prefer a big barreled bat with a moderate swing weight in an aluminum barrel and composite handle combo. Also, maybe most importantly, the hitter must be comfortable with a bat that has a rotating bottom handle. If that is you, then you are looking in the right place.

Like the 2015 Easton S2z and S3z, the Easton Z-Core Hybrid TORQ will use a spiraled carbon fiber handle design to decrease sting on mishits and add to a buttery soft swing and ping. We are not sure if this actually works any better than other two-piece designs, but we do find the two-piece design on most bats does indeed remove hand sting.

The 2016 Easton Z-Core Hybrid TORQ is a two-piece baseball bat built with a composite handle and aluminum barrel. It is identical to the 2016 Easton Z-Core Hybrid but it has a spinning bottom handle. The aluminum barrel, like the Z-Core bats from 2015 (S2z and S3z) have a composite sleeve inside which gives it the strength and durably to be severely oversized. This is a good thing