Rawlings VELO – Historical Models

The Rawlings VELO is one of the longest-running bat lines in the baseball space. Its origins are pre-BBCOR days, and it’s never really left its roots as a single piece of aluminum with a light swing.

They’ve added technology to extend a composite end cap into the barrel, and, occasionally, some refer to more recent versions of the Velo as a hybrid. Traditionally speaking, though, the bat is a single-piece aluminum. We’ve hit this bat since its BBCOR inception and have our reviews below.

Although the bat hasn’t changed much over the years, its demand has. It has gone in and out of favor for any number of factors. Since demand is a small portion of our grading system, you’ll see some variations in the ratings below.

Bats denoted with an asterisks(*) are “Reviews in Progress.” See the definition of the ratings here. Click column headers to sort.

Table key is here. Click column headers to sort.

Key

Score is calculated by the categories of tech (.05), durability (.1), resell (.05), player feedback (.25), performance/ev (.25), relevance (.2), and demand (.1).
MOI is the mass moment of inertia. Better known as swing weight. It is a physics measuremnt of the strenth required to swing a bat. See more here.
Tech scores the technical advancements within the bat as decided by us.
Durab. rates the durability of the bat on a scale from 1 to 5.
Resell rates the resale value of the bat on a scale from 1 to 5.
Feedbck is player feedback and is rated on a scale from 1 to 5.
Perf is the performance of the bat measured by our data and exit velocity caputres, on a scale from 1 to 5.
Rlvnc (relevance) rates how the bat’s sizes and swing weight are generally useful to the public of the bat on a scale from 1 to 5.
Dmnd rates the public demand of the bat on a scale from 1 to 5.
Diam. is the claimed max diamter of a bat.

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