Marucci CAT 9 Composite 31/26 (-5) USSSA Baseball Bat

I bought this Marucci CAT 9 Composite USSSA 31/26 (-5) USSSA bat from Play It Again Sports in February 2023. As you can see in the third picture, there is a paint seam on the lower barrel. It is the paint separating on the “seam” of the composite. The seam is where the last wrap of composite ends. When I bought it, Play It Again Sports represented to me that it’s not a crack and that seemed to be accurate based on my son’s use of it last spring and summer. The bat is still structurally sound and is hot as heck but is priced to sell in light of its age and usage. Original bat grip has been replaced with a matching black, red and gray Vulcan grip. My son is now too old to use USSSA bats, so this bat has to go. 2 3/4 Inch Barrel Diameter Drop 5 Length-To-Weight Ratio Slightly End Loaded Feel (Marucci & JustBats Believes That All Hitters Should Be Able To Handle It) Two-Piece, All-Composite Baseball Bat USSSA 1.15 Stamp (New NTS Tested Stamp) Colorway: Gray, Red and Black MDX Composite Material - Built With Multi-Directionally Patterned Layers Of Composite. End Result Is A Material Designed To Create An Ultra-Responsive Barrel. Ring-Free Barrel Construction Allows For More Barrel Flex And Increases Performance With No Dead Spots Marucci has committed to building a high-quality composite baseball bat! It all starts with their MDX Composite barrel material that is composed of composite fibers laid in many different directions. By laying the fibers in multiple directions, Marucci is able to make the MDX composite extremely responsive. For this two-piece bat, they attach the MDX composite barrel to the composite handle by way of the Outer Locking System (OLS) connector piece. This OLS piece creates a bigger and more pronounced connection point on this Cat 9 Composite bat, but it should allow for a stiffer feel at contact due to it locking the handle and barrel together from the outside in. As well, this connector piece will prevent most vibrations from getting down to a player’s hands. Outer-Locking System (OLS) - Attaches The Barrel To The Handle From The Outside In. This Provides One Of The Stiffest Connections Available And It Also Reduces Nearly All Vibration. Sting-Free Comfort Knob Has An Ergonomic Design To Increase Comfort And The Batter’s Ability To Control The Bat