Kraken
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Glitch
Starting Player
I was told that initially too, but since its release been informed by multiple people in the industry that it is indeed not the same exact bat. I sure as hell wasn't about to shell out $300 for a fancy painted CL22, but had the choice of a list of bats (won a raffle) and realized that held the most value. Curious if theres anyone here who has swung bother the CL22 and the Kraken and can give some feedback.
Glitch
Starting Player
Bat Dealers/Reps. And no, they aren't trying to sell me anything. They know Im a cheapskate that gets most of his bats from trades, cheap craiglist finds or random raffles I decide to enter. A new M2, freak12 and now a kraken and I'm still +$ for the year.
Joker
Well-Known Member
bat dealers/reps are trying to sell you something
oilslick58
Addicted to Softballfans
That Kracken is some damn fine rum
SilverSlugger7
Outstanding Bad Dealer
Are you talking strictly DeMarini exclusives or including other companies? The Future, Legacy, Insane, and Juggernaut CL22 are not repaints of any main line bat.
Joker
Well-Known Member
the future and legacy would be the same bat but balanced/endloaded
SilverSlugger7
Outstanding Bad Dealer
No different than any other bat company out there. Different paint scheme = hotness. Maybe it'll be a gut check to up their Utrip game and try to get it on par with the ASA sticks.
SilverSlugger7
Outstanding Bad Dealer
No disagreement there. I was just stating that neither are a repaint of a main line bat.
jgerb88
MARK IT 0!!
If someone is telling you that there IS a difference why not just ask them WHAT exactly is different. My guess is if there is any difference besides paint/weighting it's going to be so minor you won't even notice. My thoughts are if they were really that different/better why would they be a limited production? You think if it was that much better Demar would want to sell as many as possible. But that's just my two cents.
Glitch
Starting Player
/shrug
Wouldn't a limited run be the time to test out a small change and see if it makes it better so they can adopted it into large scale runs in the next year?
Joker
Well-Known Member
no .
All companies. It would cost a company way too much to put the research and development into brand new bats each time they release an exclusive.
jkwoody22
League ball huer
Well the bbam was new technology last year in limited run, now it's mainline, I could see them doing that with the leftovers a little tweak etc, could be next years cl22, only in the know peeps know, But I'm guessing this would be a cheaper way for rd and also a huge marketing plus to sell bats at msrp, fwiw I haven't swung it or this years cl22, just last years which I love
pontiacfb78
Star Player
They must have had a ton of extra The Ones sitting around to have enough for all those customs plus the new Chupacabra and the Yeti. Wish they still had a bunch of J3Us sitting around for a repaint...
jkwoody22
League ball huer
And wouldn't that prove the ops point? It's possible to make a test run, but they still had to make shorter barrels than just piecing together all their intergables pieces
jkwoody22
League ball huer
Yes but a handful of prototypes proves what, that yes it passes testing, factory hitters can hit it, results etc, producing a small amount to see how it sells and hype it with a paint job creates demand, I'm sure they have tons of prototypes the cost the rd dept money, or they just piece together some handles, barrels, end caps etc and create a new bat, I'm just saying it's not out of the realm of possibility demarini would do that, as far as the kraken I believe they had leftovers and repainted, but wouldn't they have to retest for certification if it has a different model number? Then they could tweek it a bit
Must be you work for Demarini as may times as you say repaint.............
opcorn:...........pontiacfb78
Star Player
C'mon. We all know Joker doesn't work for Demarini. I mean, would you hire the guy? I wouldn't. Then again, there might be a good reason I'm not in management......