Best Bat For 8 Year Old

Want all the power, performance, and barrel size of the CAT 9 at a fraction of the price? Then the Marucci F5 is your ticket out of bat buying research mode. For an 8-year-old, we like this bat best because the pitch and swing speeds are not yet high enough to engage the barrel–so any tech that adds extra pop because of the bounce in the barrel becomes ineffective. We think the F5 is the best bat for an 8-year-old. You get the right swing weight, barrel size, and feel, all for a much more reasonable price point.

Need a cheap and straightforward bat for an 8-year-old? Great, get the Vapor from Slugger. It has been around inexpensive, simple, good barrel forever, and it works just fine. No 8-year-old is going to be able to tell the difference. If it’s a rec league bat then this will work great.

Don’t overthink this one, although you may be tempted. In the end, you need a very light swinging bat that works and feels good. That’s the DIVA. It’s a fastpitch bat, and there’s no such thing as pop for an 8-year-old fastpitch player. We are trying to make contact here, and the DIVA makes that possible with its light swing. More than likely the 27 in the drop 11.5 will do just fine.

If you are in a league that requires a USA Bat for your 8-year-old, we like to keep it simple. We need a light swing, good barrel, and reasonable price point on a bat that will last. Enter the Solo from slugger. Slugger’s USA Solo has been a rock star since its inception in 2018, which continues to this day. Especially for younger players whose pitch speed doesn’t engage the barrel, we find a good barrel, light swing, and a decent feel are all needed. The Solo has proven it’s a go-to in the space and is our recommended bat for 8-year-olds in the USA.

You can’t go wrong with the CAT 9 in JBB. It performs great, gets excellent ratings, has a huge barrel, and feels great. We think the F5 is the smarter buy, as the bat performs just as well as the CAT 9 and pitch speeds don’t engage the barrel enough to see any differences, but if you want to get what most consider the ‘best’ small JBB type bat, then the Marucci CAT 9 is the pick.