There seems to be something about as bats get older - speaking in model years - they get "hotter" in peoples minds. Not saying that the 2013 Xeno isn't a hot bat, may be the best one they made, but I will bet you a nickel and maybe even a dime that it is not hotter than the 2015 or 2016 Xeno ! My advice for anyone that has these bats is put them up, get a new bat and wait for the prices to go up on ebay and sell them. The newer composites aren't the same as the older composites so they aren't getting insanely hotter with age like you see in the famous Easton bats of the mid 2000's it is really nostalgia more than anything and what the hitter is comfortable swinging. My .02 but see if Im right ; ) !