DeMarini The Goods Hybrid 2026 (BBCOR) Review: Bat Lab Performance Testing + Ratings

The players were satisfied with the quality of contact generated by the bat. The felt that The Goods could generate consistent power from good contact, but the heavy weight did not guarantee contact, leveling it at a 4/5.

The players liked the clean blue, black and red colorway and the imposing thud sound of the barrel. While they could all agree on the bat’s aptitude for hitting nukes, not everyone was a fan of the end-loaded weight, giving look and feel a 3.9/5.

Sweet spot received a 4.2/5. The players found the massive barrel to be forgiving and boost power even on slightly off-centered contact.

The DeMarini The Goods Hybrid 2026 earned a 3.2/5 for balance. The power hitters of the group felt their swing was smooth with this heavy bat, but the gap and contact hitters felt it was too heavy.

The top score The Goods received in player scores was a 4.3/5 on pop. The explosive barrel could drive the ball well and maximize chances for extra-base hits

Control finished at 3.6/5. Once again, it came down to the hitter type, as the power hitters felt confident in their ability to efficiently get the barrel through the zone, while the gap and contact hitters felt it required too much effort.

The DeMarini The Goods Hybrid 2026 averaged 94.30 mph in exit velocity, with a top speed of 112.89 mph. It showed a slight decrease of -0.9 mph, or -0.9%, against the baseline. The end-loaded design is built to improve exit velocity, meaning that the slight decrease is a knock on the bat's consistency rather than its ability to produce hard contact.

The highlight of The Goods’ trackman profile was average distance. It averaged 319.87 ft, with top drive of 408.5 ft, and increased +1.2 ft (+0.4%) above baseline. Baseball is a game of inches, and 1.2 ft can be the difference between a home run and a fly out.

Sweet spot rate averaged 45.0%, finishing -7.64% below baseline. This was the weakest link in the bat’s TrackMan profile. Even with the forgiving barrel, the weight proved a bit of a hindrance at times, dragging the swing for hitters to get under the ball instead of driving through the ball with the barrel.

The Goods produced a 61.2% hard-hit rate, decreasing by -1.48% below baseline. This is once again a reflection of the weight, as good contact would produce well hit balls, but good contact was a bit harder to come by with the heavy barrel.

Barreled rate averaged 18.2%, finishing -0.85% below baseline. Barrel rate on an end-loaded bat is expected to be lower, but the near neutral results show how powerful firm contact can be when the ball is squared up.

The average bat speed for the DeMarini The Goods Hybrid 2026 was 72.9 mph, with a fastest swing of 84.0 mph. It decreased by -1.0 mph, or -1.4%, compared to the baseline. The heavy design slows the swing speed down, but not by much, requiring a little more effort from the hitter to get the barrel through the zone.

Peak hand speed averaged 21.9 mph, with a top speed of 27.1 mph. Against baseline, The Goods Hybrid increased +0.1 mph, or +0.3%. Hitters had to work harder to get their hands to the ball, but they were rewarded with a slight increase in acceleration and momentum once they got the bat moving.

Time to contact averaged 0.145 seconds, with a best mark of 0.120 seconds. The bat increased by +0.001 seconds, or +1.0%, relative to baseline.Hitters had less control of the barrel and had a slightly more difficult time adjusting quickly to different areas of the strikezone.