I'll say I'm an absolute whore for baseball equipment. Like I realize it's not much of a difference if he's swinging some $ bat v. some $$$$ bat but I just eat that crap up. Catchers gear, bats, gloves, bags, the works. have the team swing 12 different bats in HitTrax and spreadsheet exit velo. I could spend all day at some baseball gear store just checking crap out. My kid likes new gear well enough but doesn't really give a crap if it's some fancy thing or some walmart thing. if it works it works for him. I very much appreciate his attitude on it and pray he stays that way and also very much realize how dorky and cringey it is to overspend on the stuff and watch youtubes and read reviews and crap about it but man I love it.