I didn't read through all the posts, but I'll go ahead and share DD's experience. DD's TB coach had a bunch of extra bats in boxes sitting on the shelf in his warehouse, and we pulled out a 2014 34 -9 LXT. DD said let's give it a go since she liked her 32-10 version from previous years. She used it for a couple of weeks. One game she bangs one over the fence and the very next pitch of the next AB hits another over the fence. Then after that couldn't hit a lick! She shelved it and went back to the 34-10 for the remainder of her career.