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MLBcontact quality barrel edge

16% barrel

Mike Trout has barrelled 16% of his batted balls this season across 522 plate appearances — about 2.13x the league rate of 7.5%. His hard-hit rate is 45.4%. He's facing Elmer Rodríguez, who has allowed 2 home runs in 22.3 innings this season — 0.81 per nine. A barrel is contact at the exit velocity and launch angle that produces home runs, so this measures the contact itself rather than the results it has produced so far.

Published Monday, August 31, 2026

Mike Trout has barrelled 16% of his batted balls this season across 522 plate appearances — about 2.13x the league rate of 7.5%. His hard-hit rate is 45.4%. He's facing Elmer Rodríguez, who has allowed 2 home runs in 22.3 innings this season — 0.81 per nine. A barrel is contact at the exit velocity and launch angle that produces home runs, so this measures the contact itself rather than the results it has produced so far.

THE NUMBERS

angle
barrel_edge
player id
545361
player name
Mike Trout
team
Los Angeles Angels
matchup
New York Yankees vs Los Angeles Angels
headline
16% barrel
barrel rate
16
hard hit rate
45.4
plate appearances
522
opposing pitcher
Elmer Rodríguez
opposing pitcher hr9
0.81
detail
Mike Trout has barrelled 16% of his batted balls this season across 522 plate appearances — about 2.13x the league rate of 7.5%. His hard-hit rate is 45.4%. He's facing Elmer Rodríguez, who has allowed 2 home runs in 22.3 innings this season — 0.81 per nine. A barrel is contact at the exit velocity and launch angle that produces home runs, so this measures the contact itself rather than the results it has produced so far.

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