European Beechwood is an approved wood species that can be used in the MLB. We were part of the group that worked with the MLB to get European Beech approved as a wood species. At this point, Mine Baseball is not an approved manufacturer for the MLB. Our bats were approved for MLB use from 2014-2016 - but each season requires a substantial licensing fee, and we made the temporary decision to take that monetary amount and focus on improving our products and expanding our brand across the USA. We plan to pay the fee and get back into the MLB within the next two years.
Although our bats are not currently MLB approved - we still require very strict criteria in the billets that we turn our bats from. All of our bats must have a slope-of-grain of less than 5 degrees, and by dried to a moisture content of 12%. Our bats are turned to the exact same specs every time.