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I was first introduced to Axe bats, if my memory is correct, at the 2014 100 Inning Baseball charity game for ALS (aka Lou Gehrig’s disease) at Adams Field in Quincy, MA. Axe Bats were gracious enough to donate some Hard Maple Composite bats for the game that year. I had never swung an axe handle bat before and it felt good. It was, by far, the best feeling wood bat I have ever used; almost like a metal bat. Fast forward almost three years and I was given the 2017 HyperWhip Axe bat to review.

My 30+ league teammates always ask me what weird bat I’m using this season. In the past one or two of them have used the V-grip, but last year more of my teammates used the 2017 HyperWhip by Axe Bats as their go-to bat of choice. Some even made it on the league leaderboards. The first to adopt it actually hit .500 with a 1.080 OPS while using it! I finally brought a bat that wasn’t deemed as being weird – it was widely accepted.

I was hesitant to say this at first, but once you get use to holding it correctly, swinging an Axe bat is surprisingly more fluid than a traditional bat. I say surprisingly only because a traditional bat is all I’ve ever used for almost 40 years. 

If you need a good BBCOR -3 bat I couldn’t recommend the 2018 HyperWhip Fusion!  

Axe Bats is challenging people to take the Axe Bat NO RISK 30-day Challenge! Use your new Axe bat in the cage, in batting practice, in-game – wherever and however you want. And if you don’t love your bat after 30 days, just return it and we’ll refund your money.*

Being a Boston Red Sox fan, here are some interesting notes about Axe Bats and the Red Sox. The Red Sox, as of this time last year, have more history with the Axe Bat than any other MLB club. There’s some good background on how things started with 2B Dustin Pedroia in this story, and a more recent interview with former Red Sox Hitting Coach Chili Davis here. Eleven different Red Sox players have swung the bat in at least one regular season game from 2015-16. Mookie Betts (who came in 3rd in the MVP voting in 2016 using Axe Bats) and Pedroia are the two with the most at-bats.

Pedroia is hitting .323/.369/.456 with the Axe (650 plate appearances) vs. .286/.367/.431 with a round handle (473 PA) over the past two seasons prior to 2017.

Betts is .317/.364/.534 with the Axe (808 PA) compared to .290/.337/.472 with a round handle (576 PA) over same period (prior to 2017).

In fact, here are some interesting facts about people who use Axe handle bats vs traditional bat handle bats (see the image below). Seeing baseball is a game of numbers, these are really telling stats.

*Applies to 2018 alloy and composite models purchased at axebat.com only. Does not apply to wood, wood-composite, non-warrantied and closeout bats.

Axe Bats says, “Axe Bat is the only bat built for your swing. Engineered from handle to end cap, this bat is proven to give you better bat speed, more barrel control, and explosive pop.”

2017 World Series MVP George Springer was given his first Axe Bat by Mookie Betts a few years ago and he has not used a round handle bat since. Now, Axe Bats are proud to announce All-Star and MVP George Springer as the newest member of #TeamAxe and the 2018 spokesperson replacing the guy who gave him his first Axe Bat (Betts).

For more information, please don’t just take my work for it, check them out for yourselves at AxeBats.com! They have Aluminum bats for all levels of baseball and softball as well as different kinds of wood bats, too.

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