Can a college player choose to use a wood bat?

[FearM9]

For some odd reason I've been watching a decent number of college baseball games on the boob tube. I know the standard is aluminum bats..but would it be possible for a player to choose to use a wood bat, or does the NCAA not allow them in a college game?

[DoctorJones24]

Maybe if he bought them himself. Schools probably wouldn't buy them for him, since that's why they use alum. in the first place.

[Fleck]

Im pretty sure they can, ive heard of players doing that to get ready for the bigs, but they just usually dont since aluminum is a huge advantage...

[afgrijselijkheid]

i could have sworn there was a guy who only used wood a couple seasons back

[TurtleHawk]

Why use wood when you can that wonderful metal ping and the possibility of permanently injuring someone? Everyone knows that wood is for suckers and professionals.

[Lithium858]

MLB should sponsor college baseball since many of their draft players come from there. Then with the money they can use wood bats, since the NCAA thinks they are more expensive. At least that's what I hear.

[ElJefe]

MLB should sponsor college baseball since many of their draft players come from there. Then with the money they can use wood bats, since the NCAA thinks they are more expensive. At least that's what I hear.
They are more expensive. Wood bats have a bad habit of breaking fairly often and the cost really starts adding up.

Meanwhile, aluminum bats don't break.

[Fleck]

MLB should sponsor college baseball

Itd never happen.. too many NCAA regulations.. If they sponsored one college and not another the one left out in the cold would throw a fit...

[Glenwood Lane United]

It's not just cost---you're just a better hitter with aluminum, and choosing wood over aluminum can cost you a ballgame. College is about winning, not player development, which is why you were seeing pitchers with 135+ pitch counts this past week.

In addition, you're starting to see college summer leagues where wood bats are used, like the Cape Cod League. I know there is one starting up near Baton Rouge this year. The highly touted prospects can get used to wood bats in those leagues.

[PsychedelicCeltic]

The problem with wood bats is the way they are these days. The handles are incredibly thin, and players whip them through the strike zone as hard as they can. Makes for tons of broken bats. It's my opinion that handles should be widened some, it'd make for a more interesting game (and less broken bats).

[CyphaPSU]

College players use wood bats when they workout for MLB scouts before the annual draft.