Bogaerts Louisville Slugger is cupped, and has a Walker finish (wine handle + hickory barrel), which looks exactly like the M9 that he had been swinging earlier in his career. Shop stock options at the link or customize your own here. Measurements: 34 inch, 31 oz
These have been discontinued. We’ll keep an eye out in 2015 for Castro’s new styles.
Castro has been swinging the S318 since he’s been in the Bigs. You can customize your very own S318 on the Slugger custom builder at the link.
The only model number ever retired by Louisville Slugger. Jeter’s own model had the old Louisville Slugger markings rather than their new branding, which Slugger does for their top guys. Measurements: 34 inch, 32 oz. You can tell by the grains that Jeter’s bat was an Ash. To quote a […]
Crawford has also swung Louisville lately, a very popular turning model, the S318, also available online.
As you can see above, Pedro Alvarez swings a Louisville Slugger C271 which we’ve confirmed with Slugger to be a Prime Maple cut. This bat is available at the link above (as are several other versions of the popular model).
Longoria has been hitting missiles with the flame-treated I13 for a while now. The bat is available in both Longo’s old style Louisville as well as the new “Prime” cut. He swings a 33.5 inch, 31.5 ounce, though there is always slight variation in the weight. Get it at the […]
In the past, Wright has swung the W310 you see below. We found a forum called Baseball Fever where “BMH” explains Wright's bat model: “The W310 is a model made for David Wright. It has a Mc69 handle (Brian McCann model) and a S318 barrel. The Mc69’s knob is a cross […]
Wright has been swinging the C243 Ash most recently, a change from the player-exclusive W310 he was using last we profiled him. The C243 Prime Ash is available as are several other C243s, an indicator that its one of the most popular turning models in all of baseball, not just […]
Pedroia has been swinging Louisville Slugger recently for the first time in several seasons. He’s swinging a custom model based off the S318, called the “DP318” as seen below. Slugger tells us Pedey’s version has a slightly bigger barrel than the S318. You can get the S318 here, but the […]