Louisville Slugger MLB Prime Maple Wood Baseball Bat Evan Longoria Model (-1) Louisville Slugger's most popular big-barrel bat -- the I13 -- gets a deep flame finish on the barrel that fades into a black high-gloss handle Louisville Slugger's most popular big-barrel bat is the I13 which, in this variation, is finished with a deep-flame on the barrel and a high-gloss black on the handle This model has a thick transition from barrel to handle, maximizing mass through the hitting zone All MLB PRIME bats -- made exclusively with the MLB grade wood, a standard met by only 3% of our wood -- now feature EXOARMOR, a revolutionary finish that is twice the hardness of a regular bat