The 2019 Mizuno Power Carbon brought Japanese engineering to American baseball with its unique carbon composite construction. This one-piece bat delivered a distinctive feel that attracted hitters looking for something different from mainstream options.
Models Overview
The Power Carbon featured Mizuno's Black Onyx Carbon material throughout, creating a stiff one-piece feel with surprising pop. Available in limited drops, each model maintained Mizuno's focus on precision engineering and quality control.
Construction & Technology
The Mizuno Power Carbon for BBCOR and USSSA (not to be confused with the Power Carbon in fastpitch) is a single piece composite bat. This means Mizuno essentially produces the entire bat in a single process for synthetic material best described to the layman as plastic. Mizuno's composite is referred to as Black Onyx Carbon. Black Onyx is, for all intents and purposes, a marketing term for their type of composite used in the bat.
Another unique feature on the 2019 Mizuno Power Carbon is the grip. They use a unique design in the grip to produce some better comfort and feel. Our players liked it and commented on it.
Comparable Bats
The single piece composite bat realm for 2019 is thin. The only comparable bat for this given year is Dirty South's Kamo. That, too, is a single piece composite. But, notably, the Kamo swings heavier than the Power Carbon. Expect an 8 to 9% increase in swing weight from one bat to another. The Power Carbon does have a bigger barrel profile but not by much. Both barrels are monsters.
