TWmccoy
3DX Connoisseur
Is there any raw data that shows when a bat drops below 220 that it hits out of regulation? I remember an old article that tested shaved and rolled bats that eventually a bat performance decreases. I think compression testing is stupid. If the bat has the stamp it's good for the life of the bat.
I'm not sure what the "magic number" is for a bat to start losing performance. Probably depends on the brand/model of bat. I've definitely swung bats that have had that happen though. The bat gets so mushy that the ball comes off irregularly and not as hard as it once did. There definitely is such a thing as a bat being too soft to adequately propel a ball.
If I had to guess I'd say its under 200.