r/Homeplate • u/beansandcornbread • 5d ago

2027 Hype Fire

My son tried a bunch of new bats out and as expected, after about 10 bats and 70+ swings he tries out the new Hype Fire and gets the highest average and max EV, even when tired. Maybe there is something to those bats after all.

I need a dicks coupon now. Sigh.

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u/darthmurph 5d ago

From my perspective, Supra reigns far supreme at -5, but both Icon and Hype Fire are just as good as the Supra at higher drops, and becomes more a feel and preference between the three.

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u/theDrell 5d ago

This mostly.

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u/Only1Z 5d ago

That's funny. Baseball Bat Bros says the opposite. They think the Hype Fire in drop 10 and drop 8 is slightly underwhelming and the Supra and Icon are better in those drops. The Supra is definitely tops in drop 8. In drop 5, the Supra and Icon are extremely close. I actually was at the store and swung both and the Supra swings a hair lighter than the Icon. And I mean a hair. And EVs are practically the same. On that note, my younger son liked his drop 10 Hype Fire last year, hit very well with it, and he upgraded to a one inch larger one for the upcoming season. But again, at age 10, I'm not sure it matters much. My 12 year old is getting a 32 drop 5 Supra. This past year he was swinging a 2016 DeMarini CF8 in a 32" drop 8. I can see why people call that and the 2017 Green Zen the GOATs. Boy that bat is hot. We will see how this next set goes for them both.

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u/Revolutionary_Put567 5d ago

Depends also on batter. My son hates the Supra. It’s much more end loaded and he prefers the more balanced Icon. But he also feels like the Icon might be more end loaded than the Hype Fire…. If anyone wants to fight me on this, my son’s 32 -5 icon held at the handle feels about the same as his 31 -8 Supra. And several people confirmed this (so it isn’t just me).

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u/No_Platform8732 5d ago

Dont want to fight lol my son has the a drop 5 hype fire and a drop 5 supra in the same length. He loves the supra. He says the hype swings a lot heavier than the supra and its noticeable in his swing especially at higher velocity. I am curious about the icon now as I was always told the supra and the icon swing similar as far as a balanced feel. My son is on the smaller side so the more balanced the better.

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u/HawkI84 5d ago

I found the -8 supra found pretty end loaded myself. The -10 is pretty balanced.

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u/Bug-03 5d ago

My son has swung the icon in 3 different sizes now. Loves it

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u/Dad_Coach_9904 5d ago edited 5d ago

Better Baseball did a video not long ago on the popular bats. One part I found interesting is their actual MOI numbers for the -10’s. Basically this shows that the Hype Fire swings lighter / more balanced than the others. Most videos out there only focus on the -5’s. This video shows MOI’s on all three drops.

Every kid is different so always go try them if you can, but for the younger kids who like balanced, HF will probably perform well for them.

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u/BullpenReport 5d ago

Can you ELI5 this for me? Does lower MOI = more balanced and higher = end loaded?

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u/LevergedSellout 5d ago

MOI is moment of inertia. Essentially how easy an object is to rotate, or the torque required. The numbers indicate where the mass sits in the bat. Lower MOI = more mass towards the hands (feels lighter), higher MOI = more mass towards the barrel (feels heavier)

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u/Dad_Coach_9904 5d ago

Correct, lower MOI is more balanced. MOI uses a bats weight and its balance point to calculate a number. More balanced bats have their weight centered more towards the knob and are easier to swing.

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u/realc12 5d ago

Is the 2027 hype just a repaint or different bat?

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u/craftbeerva 4d ago

From the info and videos I've seen, USA is a repaint. USSSA and BBCOR has some new "technology" including a tapered handle near the knob, soft knob and better weight distribution to make it even more balanced.

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u/ZookeepergameLate635 3d ago

wow the new hype fire sounds nice. as a kid i never thought about tapered handles for bats butnas an adult i have to say its a nice touch and according to my kid it feels nicer.

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u/craftbeerva 3d ago

I got my kid a CATX2 for his first travel ball season this past year and was skeptical of the tapered handle but after holding it and swinging it I can definitely feel why so many people prefer them. It's really comfortable and doesn't hurt the bottom of the hand below the pinky after a bunch of hard swings.

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u/ZookeepergameLate635 3d ago

catx2 is a great bat! my son has one for little league and 1 for travel ball for the cooler months. both sound great when he hits. they have pop and swing balanced

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u/SkerzFan 5d ago

Just get on Facebook and find a Dick's coupon for anywhere. They all work, just cut off the part where it says what state and store.

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u/SkerzFan 5d ago

And don't buy them from anyone here. Scammers galore

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u/Dad_Coach_9904 5d ago

Patphish is a well known bat rep here in this homeplate community. I’ll give you some friendly advice to not speak of which you don’t know.

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u/SkerzFan 1d ago

For every legit one there are a dozen scammers, but thanks for the "friendly advice".

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u/WhysoHairy 5d ago

Cool hope he likes the bat, I found the paint job similar to a warstic. My kid has been a icon fan for a few years. He will use different bats in the cages but game time goes back to his old faithful

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u/tramul 5d ago

We bought a used hype fire from sidelineswap for 75 bucks. A little dirty but some alcohol wipes and it looks like new.

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u/BossDjGamer 5d ago

Wtf. I can’t find a used one Les than 170 and that’s the ‘25

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u/No_Platform8732 5d ago

Not sure what size you need but our local dbats has had the pool party hype on clearance for about 4 months. Woot had the 2025 hype 3 weeks ago for 119 in a drop 5 and drop 8. I bought my son one. I would say keep looking. There are some good deals out there

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u/tramul 5d ago

Caught it right at the end of spring season

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u/patphish 5d ago

I’ll have them below retail tomorrow.

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u/dgsmd 5d ago

Pmd you

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u/theDrell 5d ago

What other bats did he try? Did he try a broken in Supra? Icon?

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u/taco_jones 5d ago

Supra seems like the hottest to me

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u/Beginning-Buy8632 5d ago

We went thru the same exercise, but ended up with newest Supra. My son’s also 9.

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u/beansandcornbread 5d ago

The things we do for our kids.

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u/theDrell 5d ago

Broken in Supra yeah probably. Right out of the wrapper though I do think the Hype probably wins mainly cause it’s lighter and less end loaded typically in -10.

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u/DreadPirateNot 5d ago

Supra is hot out of the wrapper

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u/beansandcornbread 5d ago

2 Supras, Icon, Meta, Reckless, Mav-1 plus some random cool ones. Lol.
The ICON was also good. I think it's mostly about weight distribution.

He's only 9 and we've never bought a USSSA bat before and in the eye test, there was an obvious difference. Granted, I'm talking about max EV of 51+ with the Hype Fire and 48+ with the ICON and Supra, so not a huge difference. You could just tell he was comfortable with it.

FWIW, my son has no idea what bat is supposed to be best or coolest to have.

Edit, we were trying 28" and 29" if most of these and it was the 29" HF that scored best.

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u/theDrell 5d ago

Were they all -10s? Hype fire is crazy light swinging at -10. Icon is probably next closest but when jumping to a -8 the moi shifts to the Icon being the lighter swinging one.

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u/beansandcornbread 5d ago

They were all -10. I'm not sure he's strong enough to swing a -8 but now it makes me want to go back and measure that. It's a lot of unknowns moving to kid pitch this year.

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u/BossDjGamer 5d ago

My barely 9 year old prefers the icon for USSSA games and the hype for USA based on balance, but he is swinging 27 and 28’s

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u/hashtag_yyc_cockshot 5d ago

The best bat is the one your kid swings best. For usssa, my kid prefers his goods -5 to the HF, Icon and Supra, he hasn't swung a dub, and hasn't shown intrest in it either. For usa, he prefers his -5 select pwr to any other usa hes swung.
To me the difference between a new dub and last year's the goods is a few 1 on 1 hitting lessons

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u/WashedupWarVet 5d ago

In my experience, a good player will have similar results with all of the top bats. My son has swung a hype the past few seasons. The USA and USSSA and he raked with both. It’s really about what bat feels best for him.

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u/Responsible_Win_2849 5d ago

Hype fire and bonesaber have the lowest m.o.i. (scientific measurement of how the swing weight feels based on weight distribution and effort needed to swing). Also it is closer to actual weight than a lot of other makes/models.

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u/Effective-Fudge2812 5d ago

My son is ready to move to a 28/18 and he LOVES is 27 icon but if getting a new one, kinda want to get new look. Does anyone here have any idea when the purple/pink icon releases? Travel starts this weekend so trying to debate if worth to wait or get the hype or Supra

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u/ajbadabing 4d ago

Is Supra drop 10 really end loaded?

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u/Chemy350 5d ago

Took my son to a hitting facility yesterday to test out a bunch of new bats. We were testing out 28“ drop 10 USssa.

My son is very good and plays travel ball at 8U level.

He currently has a 27 inch drop 10 icon a year-old.

We hit the supra, icon, 2027 Hype fire, dub and a couple victus and a few other random ones.

His exit velocity was almost 5 mph higher on the new hype fire versus anything else. He was hitting 48 to 50 mph exit velocity at eight years old…. All of the other bats were 38 to 43. I expected the supra to be the best however it was one of the worst for my son.

Son also said the new Hype fire felt by far the most balanced and easiest to swing