Marucci isn't letting their dominance in the MLB ranks get in the way of thinking about the younger players. This AP5 Youth maple wood bat will be the club that'll deliver game winning hits or maybe be the stick that creates fun memories with the family in the backyard. Marucci is going to dedicate time when they construct this maple bat. It is going to be cut with precision to deliver a durable product, it'll be stained thoroughly so it looks slick and it will also be bone-rubbed. When it is bone-rubbed, Marucci will take the femur bone of a cow and compress the pores of the wood bat (by rubbing it with the bone) to ensure that it becomes a harder bat overall. A harder bat can last longer and also deliver higher ball exit speeds off the barrel.