the brand new marucci catx vanta bbcor baseball bat offers a sleek new look showing who came to play. the reputation ensures its reign will be a long one. finely tuned barrel profile creates more surface area a wider sweet spot and higher overall performance while a more balanced design creates faster swings. designed for a smooth solid feel during contact by adding the optimal amount of liquid-gel in the knob to reduce and absorb vibrations like never before.2 5/8 inch barrel diameter colorway: black with silver accents tightened production tolerances: allow barrel diameters to be built to the maximum limit creating more surface area and higher overall performance one-piece alloy construction: clean consistent traditional swing feel precision balanced barrel: produces a lower m.o.i. for precision and control liquid-gel dampening knob: patent pending technology features the optimal amount of liquid-gel to reduce and absorb vibrations for a smooth solid feel during contact azr aluminum: responsive durable alloy provides better feel more forgiveness and more performance multi-variable wall design: expanded sweet spot and thinner walls for more forgiving off-centered performance ring-free barrel construction: allows for more barrel flex and increased performance with no "dead" spots